WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, March 11 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: The U.S. Air Force officially accepted the first F-15EX from the Boeing Co. on March 10, 2021 at the company's St. Louis facility. The new fighter is a two-seat aircraft--though operable by a single pilot--with fly-by-wire flight controls, digital cockpit displays, and advanced avionics systems, to include the Eagle Passive/Active Warning and Survivability System, an electronic wa  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, March 12 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: The U.S. Air Force officially accepted the first F-15EX from the Boeing Co. March 10 at the company's St. Louis facility. The new fighter is a two-seat aircraft--though operable by a single pilot--with fly-by-wire flight controls, digital cockpit displays, and advanced avionics systems, to include the Eagle Passive/Active Warning and Survivability System, an electronic warfare upgrade also being fielded on F-  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, March 12 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: The Air Force Research Laboratory, in partnership with the Materials Solutions Network at the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source of Cornell University, has developed a tool that can look directly inside of and instantaneously inspect the structure of composite components while they are being manufactured. This new technology uses a combination of phase contrast imaging and micro-beam scanning to produce re  more