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Air Force

Air Force Picks GE, Pratt & Whitney For AETD Program

Tuesday, September 25th, 2012

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The Air Force selected General Electric [GE] and Pratt & Whitney [UTX] to move forward in its proposed development program to improve the performance of next generation combat aircraft engines. The Air Force awarded General Electric a $349.7 million indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract Friday as part of the proposed Adaptive Engine Technology Development (AETD) program. GE spokesman Matt Benvie confirmed Monday the contract was for the AEDT program. Pratt & Whitney confirmed in a statement it was selected…

HII Executive Outlines Its Shipbuilding Acceleration Strategy

An HII [HII] shipbuilding executive last week told lawmakers how the company plans to improve and accelerate shipbuilding throughout via workforce improvements, adding new shipbuilding infrastructure and reinforcing distributed shipbuilding […]

Congress

House Sends Dec. 11 CR With Ship Construction Funds To Trump’s Desk For Final Signature

The House on Tuesday passed a stopgap funding bill to keep the government open through Dec. 11, sending the temporary funding measure that also includes funds to support ongoing shipbuilding […]

Missile Defense

Guetlein On Golden Dome: ‘We Cannot Protect This Nation And Bankrupt It At The Same Time’

While there has been criticism among missile defense advocates of Golden Dome’s development pace after the signing of an executive order in January last year, Space Force Gen. Michael Guetlein, […]

Missile Defense

Interview with Rep. Jeff Crank (R-Colo.), co-chair of the Golden Dome Caucus

Rep. Jeff Crank (R-Colo.), a co-chair of the Golden Dome Caucus in Congress and a member of the House Armed Services Committee’s strategic forces panel, discusses the transformative defense investments […]