A third company will offer a tanker to the US Air Force when the KC-Y Request for Proposal is issued this year. Kansas Modification Center (KMC) and the National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) will propose converting used Boeing 777-300ERs to tankers. Jim Gibbs, president and CEO of KMC, alr…

The United States and Russia faced off Monday at the United Nations Security Council over Washington’s accusations that Moscow is planning a large-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine, which the Kremlin has denied.

“The situation we’re facing in Europe is urgent and dangerous, and the stakes for…

The Slovak Ministry of Defense will procure 152 combat vehicles to modernize its army. FMV has submitted an offer together with BAE Systems Hägglunds which includes the Swedish-made combat vehicle CV90 and Swedish support for training, tactical use and future development.

“We have developed an of…

TYNDALL AFB, Fla. — Flying over the Gulf of Mexico, the Air Force’s newest fighter, the F-15EX Eagle II, successfully fired an AIM-120D missile Jan. 25.

The 40th Flight Test Squadron aircrew and aircraft fired the weapon pursuing a BQM-167 aerial target drone as part of the 53rd Wing’s Combat A…

The Lockheed Martin Corp., Marietta, Georgia, has been awarded a $1,420,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the C-130J mission sustainment support effort.

This contract provides for contractor logistics support and sustainment of the C-130J aircraft fleet.

Work will …

During a meeting today with Qatari Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, President Joe Biden indicated plans to nominate Qatar as a “major non-NATO ally” for the United States. The designation will change the way the United States and its military interact with that country, said Pentagon Press Secr…