“I think it helps if we can jointly build whatever the next system is. I think that would be a positive thing," said Sen. Mark Kelly.

The department also plans to extend current contracts for technology maturation and risk reduction on the program “to further mature designs/systems while ensuring the industry teams remain…

Some of the service’s future aircraft programs are in limbo as it looks for more clarity over the next few months.

Raytheon is working with the service and the two vendors competing in the ongoing development-for-production phase of CCA Increment 1 to incorporate the missiles onto the drones.

A new report from CSIS says the Air Force's existing acquisition culture could turn the drone program into one that is too expensive and exquisite to produce…

“There's a chance it might be uncrewed, but I think that's not quite ready yet. And we could always do something like an optionally crewed platform," Secretary…

“We will get down to a lower number of those vendors, and they will create an autonomy implementation that will be applied to CCA Increment 1," Brig.…

Although the NGAD program's fate has become uncertain in recent weeks, Gen. Wilsbach still expects a contract award to happen this year.

Analysts told DefenseScoop that a number of variables are likely shaping the Air Force's decision on the fate of its sixth-generation fighter jet, including new technologies, budget…

“We’re going to have to make those choices, make those decisions and across the landscape,” Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin said on the future…