U.S. Congress

By Sean Broderick
The U.S. Senate approved a five-year FAA reauthorization bill after shutting down a late push to change a provision that adds flights to DCA.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Guy Norris
Tucked in the U.S. FAA reauthorization bill there is an item that could give Boeing an extra five years in which to develop a freighter version of the 787.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force wants its new command focused on modernization to begin this work this year.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
Additional funding finally approved by Congress in a supplemental bill last month will allow the U.S. Army to ramp up needed Patriot interceptor production.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force has declared a Nunn-McCurdy cost breach for its Boeing MH-139 Grey Wolf helicopter program.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon on April 26 announced a major $6 billion list of new-build equipment bound for Ukraine,
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon is surging a major $1 billion tranche of aid to Ukraine.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
As the U.S. Air Force continues the planned retirement of its A-10 attack jet fleet, the service secretary says one country has reached out with some interest to obtain the aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Marine Corps is again adjusting its F-35 force structure.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Sean Broderick
Boeing’s efforts to address widespread organizational safety problems were met with sharp criticism in two U.S. congressional hearings April 17.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy is approaching a total of $1 billion in munitions expended in the Red Sea and Eastern Mediterranean.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
Continued delays and cost increases to the U.S. Air Force’s planned procurement of the Boeing E-7A Wedgetail are raising eyebrows on Capitol Hill.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy’s drastic cut to its next-generation fighter was a conscious decision to deal with congressionally imposed budget cuts.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The Russian Air Force’s use of glide bombs is adding to the country’s fires advantage against Ukraine.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
A final fiscal 2024 budget proposal ignores pleas from GE Aerospace to extend development of adaptive turbofan engines for two variants of the F-35C.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
House and Senate appropriators seek to add dozens of aircraft to the Pentagon’s budget in a last-minute plan that needs to pass ahead of the March 22 deadline.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The fifth test of the AGM-183A all-up round in 15 months yielded a familiarly vague statement from the Air Force about the results.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon’s top leaders on March 19 pressed international partners to surge more aid to Ukraine.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Aaron Karp
Maryland and Virginia senators are making another push against adding more long-distance flights from Washington Reagan National Airport (DCA).
Airports & Networks

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy is pushing back much of its research and development spending for its next-generation F/A-XX fighter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
The White House on March 11 unveiled a $25.4 billion spending plan for NASA in fiscal 2025.
Space

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Army will seek to reduce funding in fiscal 2025 for a hypersonic missile program on the cusp of being fielded as part of an overall $185.9 billion budget proposal.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy will see its total aircraft procurement dip in fiscal 2025 compared to the previous year’s request.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force wants to spend $2.81 billion for development of its Next Generation Air Dominance manned aircraft.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon on March 11 rolled out its $849.8 billion budget request for 2025.
Budget, Policy & Operations