http://www.defensedaily.com Defense Daily en-us 2010 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:35:59 EDT By Emelie Rutherford Pentagon officials are studying how President Barack Obama's proposal to cancel NASA's Constellation spaceflight program would impact the military's solid-rocket-motor efforts. The White House's fiscal year 2011 NASA budget request calls... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/air_force/9598.html Mon, 15 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT By Emelie Rutherford Called before Congress to explain delays and cost growth with Lockheed Martin's [LMT] F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, Pentagon officials said yesterday the aircraft's initial operational capability (IOC) for the Air Force and Navy will be... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/air_force/9587.html Fri, 12 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST By Emelie Rutherford Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), a close watchdog of the contest to build the next Air Force tanker, said yesterday he will not fight to change Northrop Grumman's [NOC] decision to exit the contest and will closely monitor Boeing [BA] going... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/air_force/9573.html Wed, 10 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST By Emelie Rutherford The Air Force plans to again seek approval to reprogram funding for replacing the engines in troubled target-tracking aircraft that the Pentagon said are "incredibly valuable" in theater. Yet whether the service moves to... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/air_force/9567.html Tue, 9 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST By Emelie Rutherford Faced with senators frustrated by reports of delays in the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter's initial operational capability (IOC), Air Force leaders said yesterday their service may not know for months how much of schedule shift is needed. Air... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/air_force/9550.html Fri, 5 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST By Emelie Rutherford The Senate confirm the nominations of six senior Pentagon officials last night after senators who blocked their final approval released their holds. The nominees, selected by President Barack Obama, are: Frank Kendall III to be principal... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/air_force/9556.html Fri, 5 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST By Emelie Rutherford With Northrop Grumman [NOC] expected to announce soon if it will compete for the Air Force tanker contract, congressional and defense officials are sizing up what would happen if Boeing [BA] remains the only aircraft bidder. Capitol Hill... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/air_force/9527.html Wed, 3 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST By Emelie Rutherford Military officials sought to alleviate congressional concerns yesterday about the Pentagon relying in the future on one main contractor for tactical aircraft, pointing to planning for future sixth-generation fighters and ongoing... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/air_force/9452.html Thu, 25 Feb 2010 0:00:00 EST By Emelie Rutherford The Pentagon will release the long-awaited solicitation for the Air Force tanker today, when observers will wait to hear if Northrop Grumman [NOC]- European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. (EADS) will stay in the contest or yield to... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/air_force/9443.html Wed, 24 Feb 2010 0:00:00 EST By Emelie Rutherford A top Air Force official told lawmakers who support continuing a disputed jet engine yesterday that military officials' opposition results from a "close call" made after weighing the impact of continuing or ending the program... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/air_force/9445.html Wed, 24 Feb 2010 0:00:00 EST By Emelie Rutherford If Rep. Norm Dicks (D-Wash.) becomes the next chairman of the House Appropriations Defense subcommittee (HAC-D), he would advocate vigorously for Boeing [BA] and exhibit a shrewdness on intelligence matters, and likely be less active in... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/air_force/9327.html Wed, 10 Feb 2010 0:00:00 EST IBM [IBM] has received a contract from the Air Force to develop, design and demonstrate a cloud computing architecture that meets Defense Department requirements and also contains cyber security features for real-time monitoring of attacks and automatic... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/air_force/9330.html Wed, 10 Feb 2010 0:00:00 EST By Emelie Rutherford With the military services' fiscal year 2011 budget hearings set to kick off this week, lawmakers are sorting through claims and data regarding whether there is a solid business case for extending the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/air_force/9319.html Tue, 9 Feb 2010 0:00:00 EST By Emelie Rutherford Military leaders pushed back yesterday on criticism from House lawmakers who are upset the Pentagon does not want to fund a disputed jet-engine program and believe new defense budget plans focus too much on the wars of today. House Armed... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/air_force/9294.html Thu, 4 Feb 2010 0:00:00 EST By Emelie Rutherford The heads of a congressional panel dug in their heels yesterday on their opposing stances on whether Congress should continue funding a jet engine program over which Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he will push the president to veto... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/air_force/9286.html Wed, 3 Feb 2010 0:00:00 EST By Emelie Rutherford House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's call to freeze some Pentagon funding received a cool reception from many of her congressional colleagues yesterday. Still, President Barack Obama's exclusion of defense spending from a three-year halt in... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/air_force/9222.html Fri, 29 Jan 2010 0:00:00 EST By Calvin Biesecker An ongoing Pentagon review of the direction of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter should take regarding the flight-test program, which is underway, and a ramp-up in production is likely to result in a more conservative approach going forward... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/air_force/9228.html Fri, 29 Jan 2010 0:00:00 EST By Emelie Rutherford Defense analysts said yesterday they do not expect the Pentagon to propose major weapon-system cuts in the fiscal year 2011 budget request and Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) report next Monday. Jim Thomas, the Center for Strategic and... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/air_force/9206.html Wed, 27 Jan 2010 0:00:00 EST By Emelie Rutherford Rep. Gene Taylor (D-Miss.) is pushing the Pentagon to bring more National Guard equipment home from Iraq for use in the United States. In an interview with Defense Daily, the congressman said he is concerned not only about generators and... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/air_force/9148.html Wed, 20 Jan 2010 0:00:00 EST By Emelie Rutherford The Senate sent the $636.3 billion defense appropriations bill to President Barack Obama on Saturday, shortly after a temporary Pentagon arrangement expired. Early on Saturday, during the rare weekend session, senators cast a final... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/air_force/8934.html Mon, 21 Dec 2009 0:00:00 EST