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Stories about: USAF

The U.S. Just Flew a Drone That May Become the Skeleton of Many Future Aircraft
The U.S. Just Flew a Drone That May Become the Skeleton of Many Future Aircraft

5 Mar 2024, 15:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / General Atomics and the Air Force Research Laboratory just flew a variant of the Valkyrie drone built on the same chassis but as an Off-Board Sensing Station

 
USAF Cooks and Freezes T-7A Red Hawk Aircraft In Extreme Weather Lab to See What Happens
USAF Cooks and Freezes T-7A Red Hawk Aircraft In Extreme Weather Lab to See What Happens

28 Feb 2024, 10:43 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Air Force has recently subjected the T-7A Red Hawk trainer aircraft to extreme weather testing inside the McKinley Climatic Laboratory in Florida

 
MQ-9 Reaper Lands at Shaw Air Force Base for the First Time While Under Satellite Control
MQ-9 Reaper Lands at Shaw Air Force Base for the First Time While Under Satellite Control

27 Feb 2024, 08:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Air Force said an MQ-9 Reaper under complete satellite control landed at the Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina in historic first

 
F-35A Lightning Looks Like It's Off to Fight Aliens in Another Dimension
F-35A Lightning Looks Like It's Off to Fight Aliens in Another Dimension

26 Feb 2024, 11:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / This image shows a USAF F-35A Lightning flying over the Dannelly Field in Montgomery, Alabama in early February as part of a 187th Fighter Wing event

 
The US Air Force Is Eyeing One of the Most Famous Personal eVTOLs
The US Air Force Is Eyeing One of the Most Famous Personal eVTOLs

26 Feb 2024, 08:30 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Pivotal's Helix, originally known as Opener's BlackFly, is one of the most exciting personal electric aircraft available for pre-order

 
The All-Electric Alia cTOL Proves Its Worth During Live USAF Exercises
The All-Electric Alia cTOL Proves Its Worth During Live USAF Exercises

14 Feb 2024, 06:36 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Alia became the first electric aircraft to participate in a live Agile Combat Employment scenario during a five-day exercise with the Air National Guard

 
Air Force Looking for an Air-Dropped Cargo Drone, This Silent Arrow Might Be It
Air Force Looking for an Air-Dropped Cargo Drone, This Silent Arrow Might Be It

29 Dec 2023, 08:31 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Air Force tasked a company called Silent Arrow with developing a cargo drone that can be used in contested environments

 
Boeing MH-139A Grey Wolf Lines Ready to Roll, ICBMs Should Now Feel Safe
Boeing MH-139A Grey Wolf Lines Ready to Roll, ICBMs Should Now Feel Safe

21 Nov 2023, 10:49 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor Boeing announced this week it is ready to start low-rate initial production of the Bell UH-1N Huey replacement MH-139A Grey Wolf

 
T-7A Red Hawk Flies 1,400 Miles Across the U.S. to Reach New Testing Grounds
T-7A Red Hawk Flies 1,400 Miles Across the U.S. to Reach New Testing Grounds

14 Nov 2023, 07:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor Boeing announced it delivered the first T-7A Red Hawk trainer to the Edwards Air Force base in California for next stage of testing

 
The MF100 Autonomous Cargo Aircraft Got a $1.25M Boost From USAF
The MF100 Autonomous Cargo Aircraft Got a $1.25M Boost From USAF

3 Nov 2023, 02:48 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / San Francisco's MightyFly is gearing up for the public debut of its third-generation autonomous hybrid cargo aircraft next year

 
Autonomous Cargo eVTOL Chaparral Joins Forces With the Giant C-17
Autonomous Cargo eVTOL Chaparral Joins Forces With the Giant C-17

13 Oct 2023, 01:56 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / A Californian cargo drone with an innovative pod played with the giant C-17 military transport aircraft during a recent military exercise

 
USAF Is the King of Aerial Refueling, Singapore Air Force Beats Them in a Key Area
USAF Is the King of Aerial Refueling, Singapore Air Force Beats Them in a Key Area

12 Oct 2023, 07:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Airbus helps the Republic of Singapore Air Force become the first Air Force in the world to have a boom automatic refueling capability" for all its planes

 
USAF Lists the Bad Things That Happen When Civilians Strike Aircraft With Lasers
USAF Lists the Bad Things That Happen When Civilians Strike Aircraft With Lasers

11 Oct 2023, 09:56 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Air Force (USAF) says it is experiencing a surge in lazing incidents, warns of the effects on both the targets and perpetrators.

 
USAF Spends $35 Million on Same Rotary Engine That Got the Army All Worked Up
USAF Spends $35 Million on Same Rotary Engine That Got the Army All Worked Up

9 Oct 2023, 08:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The USAF announced an extra $20 million contract for a company called LiquidPiston to advance a revolutionary rotary engine

 
U-2 Dragon Lady Spy Plane Gets New Computer and Displays, Flies Them for the First Time
U-2 Dragon Lady Spy Plane Gets New Computer and Displays, Flies Them for the First Time

27 Sep 2023, 07:35 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Lockheed Martin announced the first test flight of a U-2 Dragon Lady spy plane equipped with the Avionics Tech Refresh (ATR) upgrades

 
USAF Shares a Joby eVTOL With NASA, Test Flights to Begin at Edwards Air Force Base
USAF Shares a Joby eVTOL With NASA, Test Flights to Begin at Edwards Air Force Base

27 Sep 2023, 05:57 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Joby Aviation delivered this week the first eVTOL prototype to the Edwards Air Force Base in California, aircraft to be used by both NASA and the USAF

 
USAF Blows $705 Million on New Air-to-Ground Attack Weapon, Northrop Grumman to Make It
USAF Blows $705 Million on New Air-to-Ground Attack Weapon, Northrop Grumman to Make It

26 Sep 2023, 07:49 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $705 million contract by the U.S. Air Force to develop the Stand-In Attack Weapon by 2026

 
USAF Gets Its Hands of the First T-7A Red Hawk, Pilots Probably Itching to Fly It
USAF Gets Its Hands of the First T-7A Red Hawk, Pilots Probably Itching to Fly It

22 Sep 2023, 06:39 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The USAF announced this week it received the first-of-five Engineering, Manufacturing and Development T-7A Red Hawk aircraft

 
The First-Ever eVTOL Charger Installed at an Air Force Base Is Launching This Year
The First-Ever eVTOL Charger Installed at an Air Force Base Is Launching This Year

18 Sep 2023, 04:27 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / USAF's Eglin Base will be the platform for pioneering testing campaigns centered around pioneering electric aircraft and dedicated charging stations

 
This Funky-Looking Gulfstream G550 VIP Plane Can Disrupt Enemy Comms
This Funky-Looking Gulfstream G550 VIP Plane Can Disrupt Enemy Comms

13 Sep 2023, 07:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor BAE Systems announced the delivery of the first of ten Gulfstream G550 airplanes converted for electronic warfare.