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Stephen Losey

Senior Reporter

Stephen Losey is the air warfare reporter for Defense News. He previously covered leadership and personnel issues at Air Force Times, and the Pentagon, special operations and air warfare at Military.com. He has traveled to the Middle East to cover U.S. Air Force operations.

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US Air Force eyes deadline to launch new command

The proposed Integrated Capabilities Command would centralize planning for future requirements that are now scattered throughout the Air Force.

2 days ago

Grey Wolf helicopter cuts lead to cost overrun breach

This is the second critical Nunn-McCurdy breach incurred by a major Air Force program this year, following the Sentinel ICBM's cost overruns.

5 days ago

Successful test could rally Air Force hypersonics program

The test off the coast of Southern California broke a streak of three testing failures last year, that led Congress to nix procurement funds in 2022.

Prize money is on the line as US Air Force launches high-tech training competition

The winners of the second annual iChallenge competition will be announced in San Antonio, Texas, on May 24.

Aerojet Rocketdyne reprimands chairman over attempt to oust CEO

The conflict between Aerojet's chief executive and executive chairman became increasingly rancorous as 2021 proceeded with the Lockheed acquisition stuck in limbo.

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Leann Munoz, 18th Force Support Squadron customer service technician, types on a computer March 29, 2018, at Kadena Air Base, Japan.

Investment firm Carlyle to buy ManTech in $4.2B deal

The acquisition, if approved by shareholders and the government, is expected to be completed later this year.

From howitzers to suicide drones: Pentagon seeks right ‘balance’ on training Ukrainians on new arms

As the war in Ukraine drags into its third month, the United States is trying to figure out the best way – and the best pace – to train Ukrainian troops on how to use the Western arms flooding into the besieged nation.

Inside the US Air Force’s race to fund future fighters, bombers and autonomous drones before the next crisis

To prepare for far more contested airspace, the U.S. Air Force is laying the groundwork for a series of radical transformations in how it approaches air combat that could cost at least tens of billions of dollars over the next two decades.

After Ukraine invasion, is U.S. deterrence strategy already outdated?

Economic sanctions “clearly were not convincing to Russia in advance,” Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks said. “It’s not clear anything would have been convincing to Russia in advance; I’m not going to try to get into the head of Vladimir Putin."

Air Force destroys target vessel with ship-killing JDAM

The successful test of the maritime JDAM represents a significant step forward in the Air Force's ability to sink a ship, at a time when concerns are growing about the possibility of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan.

T-7 Red Hawk trainer makes its debut

The ceremony included multiple tributes to the pioneering Tuskegee Airmen of World War II, for whom the T-7 is named, and was attended by a surviving member and another pilot's children.

Future NGAD fighter jets could cost ‘hundreds of millions’ apiece

This would be more than twice the F-35′s price tag of at least $80 million apiece.

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