http://www.defensedaily.com Defense Daily en-us 2008 Wed, 3 Dec 2008 18:52:52 EST By Emelie Rutherford Georgia Republican and Senate Armed Services Committee member Sen. Saxby Chambliss' Tuesday reelection victory ensures the F-22 stealth fighter maintains a diehard backer in Congress as the aircraft's future is debated, analysts said... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/air_force/4932.html Thu, 4 Dec 2008 0:00:00 EST By Emelie Rutherford The Pentagon looks to have won the battle with powerful lawmakers who charged it scaled back congressional plans for buying parts for future F-22 Raptor jets before the change in presidential administrations. As planned, the Pentagon on... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/air_force/4917.html Tue, 2 Dec 2008 0:00:00 EST While other nations aggressively expand their space programs, Secretary of the Air Force Michael B. Donley said the United States will be able to retain its leadership in space, according to an Air Force news service report. But he added that the amount of... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/air_force/4901.html Mon, 1 Dec 2008 0:00:00 EST By Emelie Rutherford The "big four" defense appropriators have joined other lawmakers in pushing the Pentagon to stick to plans to buy parts now for 20 future F-22 fighter jets, instead of obligating advance-procurement funds for just four aircraft... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/air_force/4810.html Fri, 21 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST By Emelie Rutherford A senior Pentagon official told vexed House lawmakers yesterday a new estimate shows his decision to scale back on congressional plans for F-22 jet purchases before the new administration's January arrival may not increase costs for the... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/air_force/4791.html Thu, 20 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST By Ann Roosevelt Multinational partnerships and progress on specific projects that would provide solutions to military problems are the key outcomes expected from the Concept Development and Experimentation Conference (CD&E) held this week in Oslo... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/air_force/4795.html Thu, 20 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST By Emelie Rutherford The Air Force confirmed last week it plans to order 15 C-17 Globemasters early next year, and will use money in its coffers to make up for a last-minute cut to the airlifter's funding in the most-recent war-supplemental spending act... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/air_force/4736.html Mon, 17 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST By Geoff Fein The Navy is currently not looking to add a maritime variant of the Air Force's Joint Air to Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) to its weapons inventory, relying instead on planned upgrades to its existing Harpoon and Joint Stand Off Weapon (JSOW)... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/air_force/4728.html Fri, 14 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST By Emelie Rutherford Pentagon leadership agreed this week to spend $50 million on parts for four future F-22 jet fighters, instead of obligating $140 million in advanced funding for 20 potential fiscal year 2010 aircraft that some lawmakers, the Air Force... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/air_force/4720.html Thu, 13 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST By Emelie Rutherford A group of senators sent Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England a letter this week criticizing what they said is a Pentagon proposal to scale back on planning for future purchases of Lockheed Martin [LMT]-built F-22 fighter jets. The six... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/air_force/4646.html Fri, 7 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST By Ann Roosevelt This week a Unity of Effort Seminar--Interagency and Military Planning--is under way in McLean, Va., part of a year long series of events in the Army's Title 10 Future Study Program Unified Quest 2009 (UQ09), co-sponsored by the Army... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/air_force/4633.html Thu, 6 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST By Emelie Rutherford Four leading defense authorizers called on the Pentagon yesterday to spend money included in the fiscal year 2009 defense authorization and appropriations acts to allow for possible continued production of the F-22 stealth fighter. They... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/air_force/4608.html Tue, 4 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST By Emelie Rutherford Sen. Ted Stevens' departure from the post as Senate Appropriations Defense subcommittee (SAC-D) ranking member has generated uncertainly about the fate of initiatives including national missile defense and the Lockheed Martin [LMT]-built... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/air_force/4612.html Tue, 4 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST By Emelie Rutherford Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii), the head of a key defense panel in Congress, said he plans to push next session for instituting capital budgeting at the Pentagon and making the Air Force's tanker competition a dual buy. The chairman of... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/air_force/4571.html Fri, 31 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Emelie Rutherford An adviser to Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) said the concept of a dual buy for the Air Force's aerial refueling tanker competition has merit, and the campaign has not ruled out that option for the contract... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/air_force/4457.html Fri, 24 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT Boeing [BA] yesterday said it has agreed to acquire Federated Software Group, an engineering and software services firm that helps the Defense Department track and distribute equipment and personnel. The proposed deal is the second by Boeing in the past month... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/air_force/4377.html Fri, 17 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT The Air Force Research Laboratory yesterday issued a long-term Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) seeking research proposals in six focus areas related to cyber defense. Despite the fact that the Air Force leadership has decided not to stand up a separate cyber... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/air_force/4356.html Wed, 15 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Emelie Rutherford Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) has made no conclusions regarding the heated two-way competition for the Air Force aerial refueling tanker contract, though if elected would want to see a more-level playing field... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/air_force/4221.html Mon, 6 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Emelie Rutherford Lawmakers have denied the Pentagon the ability to shift funds to cover six requested "new start" efforts detailed in a lengthy omnibus reprogramming request sent to Capitol Hill in July. The Pentagon last week released the... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/air_force/4224.html Mon, 6 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Emelie Rutherford Acting Air Force Secretary Michael Donley has been officially confirmed for the post he has held since June 21. The Senate voted to confirm Donley's nomination as air service secretary last night. After several months of delay the Senate... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/air_force/4208.html Fri, 3 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT