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The Air Force announced Aug. 9 the terms of its recently reached agreement with Boeing.

The startup also announced a new $175 million equity raise.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Cost overruns and schedule breaches are driving a new look at engine replacement and radar modernization requirements.

The service is weighing a quick start for its next tanker while pausing the sixth-generation fighter program.

Wright Electric has received funding from the U.S. Air Force’s AFWerx innovation unit to develop high-power rechargeable thermal batteries.

In late July, under a temporary military flight release from the Air Force, the companies conducted three test flights of a KC-135.

Military and defense industry officials want to solve both problems.

The first of 20 operational MH-139 Gray Wolf helicopters now on contract transferred to Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana.

Predicting the end of dogfighting has been a cottage industry for decades, but the prospect is now very real.

The U.S. Air Force has proposed a high-altitude balloon program as an option for the broader Replicator initiative to accelerate new autonomous systems.

Senate appropriators are seeking to reverse some of the Pentagon’s proposed development cutbacks as part of an $852.2 billion fiscal 2025 defense spending bill.

The U.S. Air Force is placing more precautions on its CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor fleet after investigators found a catastrophic failure of the aircraft’s gearbox.

The Pentagon is exploring using commercial launch vehicles for point-to-point delivery by the 2030s.

A new U.S. defense project is devoted to converting two General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-20s into air-to-air adversaries for training fighter pilots.

The U.S. Air Force and Boeing have discovered another serious deficiency on the KC-46 tanker but expect it to be resolved quickly.

The U.S. Air Force hopes to speed up its next-generation tanker program with potential new-start authority in its fiscal 2026 budget.

The U.S. Air Force has pressed “pause” on its Next Generation Air Dominance program as it decides if it should commit for decades to the design it has proposed

The Air Force has awarded contracts to five companies to develop the autonomy software to be used to fly its first increment of Collaborative Combat Aircraft,

Can Airbus land an upgraded tanker in the U.S.?

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Multiple pilot errors, preceded by an unhealthy organizational culture within one of the few U.S. Air Force B-1B squadrons, caused a crash landing and complete loss of a bomber in January, according to a new report.

Defense officials are divided about the U.S. Air Force’s plan for Collaborative Combat Aircraft

The Pentagon is still limiting payments to Lockheed Martin amid upgrade struggles.

Boeing Defense and Space is trying to change its bidding approach by being more transparent and more strict about the programs it chases.