Budget

The Defense Department is trying to balance a mismatched and expensive intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) force as it moves into a future of tightening budgets and high requirements for […]

The Air Force and prime contractor Boeing [BA] said yesterday they successfully completed the critical design review (CDR) of the KC-46A next-generation aerial refueling tanker over a three-day period in […]

A confluence of ideas and events have come together to make it hard for the Defense Department to make its case for avoiding across the board cuts, a top official […]

The Navy and launch partner United Launch Alliance (ULA) have readied for Friday’s potential 8:48 a.m. EST launch of the sea service’s second Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) communications satellite, […]

Senators said they want more information on how the Pentagon would fare under “sequestration” next year, saying data Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel shared last week does not tell them enough […]

U.S. Cyber Command’s (CYBERCOM) Air Force component will likely add between 1,200 and 1,500 largely civilian cyber jobs to help the service and the combatant command bolster their cyber defense […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] has completed, and is preparing to install, the navigation, communication and hosted payload antenna assemblies for the first satellite of the next generation Global Positioning System (GPS) […]

The Air Force recently awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] a $173 million performance-based logistics (PBL) contract to provide support and sustainment services for the Litening advanced targeting system, according to a […]

The Air Force’s contract award for its multi-billion dollar next-generation space surveillance radar known as Space Fence could be further delayed as the Pentagon determines whether it can afford it […]

The Air Force said Monday flight training would temporarily resume for numerous units after a three-month halt due to budget reductions from sequestration. The return to flight was made possible […]