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Kratos, GE Win Air Force Contract For GEK1500 Engine Preliminary Design

Rich Abott — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 21:20:26 +0000

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions [KTOS] announced it and partner GE Aerospace [GE] recently won an Air Force contract to finish the preliminary design of their new GK1500 engine aimed […]

F-22 Controls Unmanned General Atomics MQ-20 Drone In Industry Demo

Rich Abott — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 22:38:12 +0000

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) on Monday announced the successful test of an F-22 Raptor fighter controlling an MQ-20 Avenger unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) for the first time […]

USAF Pilots Conduct First-Ever Crewed eVTOL Flight with BETA Aircraft

Reed — Wed, 16 Mar 2022 20:06:42 +0000

On March 9 two U.S. Air Force pilots became the first Airmen to fly an electric aircraft with military airworthiness approval—the ALIA, an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, […]

U.S. Air Force Awards Contract to Electra and MIT for eSTOL Flight Controls

Reed — Tue, 15 Mar 2022 18:06:29 +0000

Electra.aero, the hybrid-electric ultra-short takeoff and landing (eSTOL) aircraft developer, on March 10 was awarded a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II contract by the U.S. Air Force. Electra […]

Agility Prime Awards Phase III Contract to eSTOL Company Electra

Woodrow Bellamy III — Fri, 11 Feb 2022 20:25:52 +0000

Next generation aerospace company Electra.aero was awarded a Phase III Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract from the U.S. Air Force (USAF). The contract will support the continued development of […]

U.S. Air Force Upgrading C-17 and C-130H Avionics As Supplier Base for Legacy Systems Falls

Frank Wolfe — Thu, 06 Feb 2020 20:33:51 +0000

The U.S. Air Force is undertaking a number of avionics upgrades for Boeing [BA] C-17 and Lockheed Martin [LMT] C-130H transport aircraft, as the supplier base for legacy avionics systems […]

Handheld Viasat Radio To Provide Link 16 Connectivity For Close Air Support and Other Missions

Frank Wolfe — Thu, 23 Jan 2020 21:07:48 +0000

California-based Viasat has received a $90 million indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract from United States Air Force (USAF) Life Cycle Management Center at Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio to provide USAF special […]

Air Force to Decide Which Satellite to Offer for Test at Defcon Hacker Conference

Frank Wolfe — Thu, 12 Dec 2019 18:25:09 +0000

The United States Air Force plans to choose on Dec. 13 which satellite it will offer to a service-selected group of hackers to try to infiltrate at next August’s Defcon […]

U.S. Air Force to Experiment with Avionics Networks for Light Attack Aircraft

Frank Wolfe — Mon, 04 Nov 2019 20:24:33 +0000

As the United States Air Force (USAF) continues its light attack aircraft program with the Textron Aviation [TXT] AT-6 Wolverine and the Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC)/Embraer A-29 Super Tucano, the […]