Stephen Losey
Warfare Reporter at Defense News
@defense_news air warfare reporter, amateur musician, all-around nerd. Tips always welcome: slosey at defensenews dot com or stephenlosey at protonmail dot com.
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1 week ago |
defensenews.com | Sebastian Sprenger |Stephen Losey
PARIS — A top Boeing executive said the company is proceeding with work on a contract to build two new Air Force One jets amid a pending deal by President Donald Trump to accept a donated jet for the mission from Qatar. Stephen Parker, Boeing’s interim president and chief executive officer, told reporters at the Paris Air Show there had been “no impact at all” on the firm’s assignment of transforming a pair of 747-8 aircraft into VC-25B Air Force One planes.
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2 weeks ago |
defensenews.com | Stephen Losey
The Air Force would cut its F-35A purchase for fiscal 2026 roughly in half under the White House’s draft defense budget. The service typically buys about four dozen Joint Strike Fighters each year, with some years’ purchases topping 60. But a budget document obtained by Defense News shows the service would procure 24 F-35s next year, for a cost of nearly $4 billion.
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2 weeks ago |
defensenews.com | Stephen Losey
The Air Force has tested a new variation of its ship-killing Quicksink guided bomb to expand its options for taking out enemy vessels in a future war. In a June 4 statement, the service said it dropped a 500-pound version of Quicksink, made from a GBU-38 Joint Direct Attack Munition, or JDAM, from a B-2 Spirit stealth bomber at Eglin Air Force Base’s Gulf Test Range off the coast of Florida. Previous Quicksink tests were conducted with 2,000-pound bombs.
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2 weeks ago |
defensenews.com | Stephen Losey
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday cast doubt on the future utility of airborne battle management aircraft, particularly the E-7 Wedgetail, and said space-based capabilities represent the future of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.
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2 weeks ago |
defensenews.com | Stephen Losey
The Air Force wants to revive its shelved AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon, or ARRW, hypersonic program — and perhaps move it into the procurement phase. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin told lawmakers in a hearing last week that the service wants to include funding for both ARRW and the Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile, or HACM, in the fiscal 2026 budget proposal.
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SECDEF Hegseth's decision to gut the Pentagon's weapons testing office and staff was partly motivated by frustration over DOT&E's decision to conduct oversight of prized Golden Dome project. Great scoop by Courtney Albon, new on @defense_news @calbon https://t.co/TURe2yuXxJ
RT @MeghannMyers_: Formal response from the Pentagon Press Association. https://t.co/7gQ8NdUGXS
The Air Force released this rendering of the F-47, Boeing's successful pitch for NGAD. https://t.co/21eV60sBET
