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Market Sectors :: Air Force
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February 6, 2012
The Optionally Responsive Space-1 satellite was declared to achieve initial/final operational capability, according to an Air Force statement. Air Force Gen. William Shelton on Jan. 3 declared the milestone for ORS-1 milestone, which went from the drawing...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/air_force/Air-Force-Says-ORS-1-Satellite-Achieves-InitialFinal-Operational-Capability_16652.html February 6, 2012
The Air Force will reduce its fleet of A-10s by 102, leaving it with 246 in inventory, its chief of staff said Friday. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz said the service will rely on performing close-in air support with its existing B-52s, B-1s...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/air_force/Schwartz-Air-Force-To-Reduce-A-10-Fleet-By-102_16662.html February 2, 2012
Boeing [BA] will make its scheduling deadline for the Air Force’s Global Positioning System IIF satellite contract, according to a company statement. Using a pulse-line manufacturing approach, Boeing is capable of producing up to six Global Positioning...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/air_force/Boeing-Says-It-Will-Make-Deadline-On-Air-Forces-GPS-IIF-Satellite_16621.html January 31, 2012
Finmeccanica’s Alenia North America Inc., yesterday said it appointed Alan Calegari as its Chief Executive Officer. “Alenia North America will continue to grow under the direction of Alan in the CEO position,” said Giuseppe Giordo...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/air_force/Alenia-North-America-Appoints-Alan-Caligari-CEO_16592.html January 31, 2012
The Pentagon is “quite serious” about applying so-called reversibility to budget decisions that impact the defense industry, a senior official said yesterday. Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy said reversibility, the noting of...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/air_force/Reversibility-In-Budget-Said-To-Impact-Industry-Multiple-Ways_16597.html January 30, 2012
The Air Force may place its soon-to-be retired C-27Js in storage, its chief of staff said Friday. In a briefing with reporters, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz said the two possibilities for the C-27Js are known as Type 1000 and Type 2000...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/air_force/Schwartz-C-27Js-May-Go-Into-Storage_16584.html January 27, 2012
Lower sales, higher pension expenses and decreased tax credits led Lockheed Martin [LMT] to report lower profits in its fourth quarter. The company expects sales to decline further in 2012 with earnings either down or flat compared to 2011. Net income...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/air_force/Lockheed-Martin-Posts-Lower-Sales-Earnings-In-Fourth-Quarter_16557.html January 27, 2012
Pentagon leaders proposed multiple weapons-program changes yesterday--including cutting F-35 Joint Strike Fighter procurement, cancelling block 30 Global Hawk drones, and delaying the new ballistic-missile submarine--in the opening salvo of a battle with...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/air_force/Pentagon-Unveils-Budget-Cuts-In-Opening-Salvo-With-GOP_16561.html January 26, 2012
The Air Force C-27J aircraft used to go the last tactical mile bringing vital supplies to the soldiers in Afghanistan is a program in jeopardy as program and budget cuts loom, the Army Chief of Staff said yesterday. “The C-27 program looks like it...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/air_force/C-27J-Program-In-Jeopardy-Army-Chief-of-Staff-Says_16537.html January 26, 2012
Army Gen. Charles Jacoby, commander of NORAD and U.S. Northern Command, joined Lt. Gen. Walter Semianiw, Canada Command commander, yesterday to sign three key bilateral documents that further develop the combined defense and security of Canada and the United...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/air_force/Leaders-of-NORAD-U-S-Northern-Command-Canada-Command-Sign-Bilateral-Agreements_16541.html January 24, 2012
The Joint Staff has just completed a review of the three-year-old Capstone Concept for Joint Operations (CCJO), a document developed under then-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Adm. Mike Mullen and expected to guide force development and experimentation...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/air_force/Capstone-Concept-For-Joint-Operations-Document-Revision-Nears-Completion_16503.html January 24, 2012
As the president and defense secretary prepare to preview the fiscal year 2013 budget this week, the unveiling of the actual budget plan has been delayed until mid-February. The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) “will release the FY 2013...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/air_force/Budget-Release-Delayed-Until-Mid-Feb_16511.html January 23, 2012
The Joint Operational Access Concept (JOAC) released last week is the framework services can use to guide capability development, according to a senior officer on the Joint Staff. “The JOAC is an important joint first step in the developing of the...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/air_force/New-Joint-Document-A-Framework-To-Guide-Capability-Development_16495.html January 23, 2012
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said last Friday industry has to do more to control costs with weapon systems when he formally announced work on an F-35 Joint Strike Fighter variant will no longer be on hold. Panetta visited Naval Air Station Patuxent...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/air_force/SECDEF-F-35B-Good-Industry-Must-Penny-Pinch_16499.html January 19, 2012
The Joint Operational Access Concept (JOAC) just released by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff describes those capabilities deemed essential for the joint force to ensure it can enter and maintain access anywhere and in any domain. “No matter...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/air_force/Joint-Chiefs-Chairman-Releases-Joint-Operational-Access-Concept_16464.html January 13, 2012
L-3 Link Simulation and Training [LLL] has signed an exclusive 10-year agreement with BAE Systems to provide ground-based training and simulation in the company’s pursuit of the Air Force’s T-X program, a BAE official said yesterday. The T-X...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/air_force/L-3-To-Provide-Training-System-For-BAE-Systems-In-Air-Forces-T-X-Program_16414.html January 11, 2012
The first Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) Interoperability Profile (IOP) has been approved that defines interoperability, modularity and commonality standards among future unmanned ground systems. The approval of IOP Version 0 (V0) defines the path forward for...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/air_force/Joint-Office-Defines-Interoperability-Standards-For-Unmanned-Ground-Systems_16348.html January 11, 2012
The defense industry and some lawmakers are sounding alarms about recent changes to the law dictating how depot-level work on military equipment is shared between government and private facilities. An Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) official...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/air_force/Depot-Changes-In-DoD-Bill-Questioned_16353.html January 10, 2012
Sikorsky [UTX] will respond to the Air Force’s latest attempt to replace its HH-60 helicopter with a modified UH-60M Black Hawk, according to a company official. Tim Healy, Sikorsky’s director of Air Force programs, told Defense Daily in a phone...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/air_force/Sikorsky-To-Offer-Modified-UH-60M-For-Air-Forces-CRH-Program_16340.html January 9, 2012
New strategic guidance from the White House builds on work done by the services over the past several years on lessons learned in conflict and considerations of the future. The armed forces are to be “agile, flexible and ready for the full range of...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/air_force/New-Strategic-Guidance-Builds-On-Ongoing-Service-Efforts_16326.html
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