Gen. David Allvin

Boeing wins Air Force contract for NGAD next-gen fighter, dubbed F-47

Boeing's selection to produce the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter is a game-changer for the company's challenged defense arm.

Empty seats as Air Force limits AFA attendance, in line with ‘spirit’ of DOGE orders

“I think the question is whether this is a temporary thing, or whether it becomes permanent,” one industry official told Breaking Defense.

Allvin: It’s make or break time. America needs more Air Force.

In an exclusive for Breaking Defense, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin makes the case for why the US needs to invest in the future of his service.

Trump administration inherits Air Force funding hurdle: 2025 preview

With Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy set to co-lead a commission that could recommend cuts to the Pentagon, many previously unthinkable options may be on the table for the US Air Force as the second Trump administration takes over Washington.

A year of next-gen fighter doubts for the Air Force: 2024 in review

This was supposed to be the year that the Air Force selected a winning vendor to build its next-gen fighter. Then reality set in.

‘Everybody’s going to have to figure this out’: Army, Air Force debate base defense amid new threats

Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall recently suggested his service could take over the task of defending its air bases from the Army, as long as adequate funding was provided.

More than a ‘paperwork exercise’: Air Force reoptimization plan moving forward

Any great power conflict, said Lt. Gen. Dale White, is “going to be a technologically based war. And capability development is clearly a warfighting function. We have to embrace that.

Wittman: No ‘reservations’ about loyal wingman CCA drones’ affordability

“I don't have reservations about affordability of CCA, because I think just by their very nature, they want to be much less expensive,” Rep. Rob Wittman told Breaking Defense. “What I want to make sure of is that we don't try to take a CCA that's a basic platform and add a bunch of cost to it, because we have this requirement creep."

Air Force ‘taking a pause’ on NGAD next-gen fighter: Kendall

The Air Force is "tak[ing] a few months right now to figure out whether we've got the right design and make sure we're on the right course," said Secretary Frank Kendall, while other NGAD elements move forward.

As Air Force deliberates sixth-gen fighter plans, much is at stake for Boeing

Perhaps no company has bet so much on the Air Force's NGAD sixth-gen fighter effort as Boeing — and now the service could be dramatically reinventing the program.

Allvin: ‘No decision’ made on NGAD, but ‘difficult’ choices loom

“The deliberations are still underway, there’s been no decision made. We’re looking at a lot of very difficult options that we have to consider,” Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin said today when asked about the sixth-generation fighter.

Next-gen doubts? Air Force Chief of Staff won’t commit to fielding NGAD

In what would be a stark reversal for a high-profile program, Gen. David Allvin appeared to include the Next Generation Air Dominance fighter among "choices" the service is still making amid budget constraints.

F-22s ‘highest priority’ for near-term fight, Air Force acquisition boss says

Despite disagreements with Boeing on pricing for the E-7A Wedgetail, Air Force acquisition chief Andrew Hunter said officials still see the radar plane "as a capability that makes sense and that we need to field in the near term.”  

Air Force launches reorganization, as Kendall warns ‘We are out of time’ to match China

Under the "reoptimizing" effort, changes are coming across the Department of the Air Force, from new training approaches to the establishment of high-level offices.