Other programs, such as the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program, complement, not substitute, manned fighter aircraft. These programs flag industrial capacity, overall budget limits, and the ...

Air Marshal Philip Rajkumar (Retd), who served as the Project Director at the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) under ...

Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach assumes command of the Air Force amidst critical challenges in modernization and readiness. Experts ...

Marines operating under US Southern Command conducted live-fire training on a US assault ship just off the coast of Venezuela.

Defense technology company Anduril Industries has reached a major milestone with the successful first flight of its jet-powered YFQ-44A drone, marking a significant leap in the U.S. Air Forces efforts ...

Anduril's jet-powered drone flew for the first time on Friday, the company and the U. Air Force said, marking a significant ...

The P-80 did serve in the Second World War, albeit briefly. Two pre-production USAAF YP-80A Shooting Stars saw service in Italy in the reconnaissance role in February and March 1945. The P-80A had a ...

US air force secretary Troy Meink heralded the start of competitive flight-testing as a key breakthrough in the effort to field a new class of uncrewed tactical jets known as Collaborative Combat ...

Anduril emphasized the semiautonomous piloting of its YFQ-44A collaborative combat aircraft in its first flight test.

Key Points and Summary – An unclassified Air Force plan says the service needs 1,558 combat-coded fighters by 2035—about a 22 ...

The Air Force warns that having a smaller fleet may increase the risk it won't be able to carry out all its missions.