USAF Working on Autonomous F-16 Fighting Falcons That'll Never Fly by Themselves
3 Apr 2024, 18:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Air Force said it will convert three F-16 Fighting Falcons into testbeds for autonomous technologies, tests to be conducted at Eglin Air Force Base
Scale Model of Brand-New Blended-Wing Body Aircraft to Fly Soon
28 Mar 2024, 08:39 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American aviation startup JetZero announced a scale model of its upcoming blended-wing aircraft received the FAA Airworthiness Certificate
Two Joby eVTOLs Will Land at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida
20 Mar 2024, 10:11 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The biggest DoD contract in the eVTOL industry continues with the delivery of two more Joby air taxis at a USAF base for operational demonestrations
USAF Tells Pilots Who Fly at the Speed of Sound to Slow Down While on a Motorcycle
19 Mar 2024, 13:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Department of the Air Force plans to contact and register 100 percent of the riders within its ranks in the coming months for safety reasons
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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