Air Force
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Air Force
Acting DoD Acquisition Assistant Secretary Named Acting Air Force Secretary
As Troy Meink awaits a Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) hearing as President Trump’s nominee to become Air Force secretary, the new administration named Gary Ashworth as the acting service […]
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Pentagon Wants to Speed Parts Repair for F-35 As Part of Sustainment Cost Reduction
As the Pentagon prepares to hand over contractor sustainment of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 to the Air Force and the Department of the Navy by the latter part of […]
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NRO’s Troy Meink, Who Accelerated Agency Use of Fixed Price, is SECAF Pick
Troy Meink, the principal deputy director of the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), is President-elect Trump’s pick to become Air Force secretary. Meink, a former U.S. Air Force KC-135 navigator and […]
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Space
Blue Origin’s New Glenn Debuts, Company to Re-test Booster in Coming Months
Blue Origin‘s New Glenn rocket had its debut launch early Thursday morning from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla. Named after the late John Glenn, the first U.S. astronaut to […]
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Air Force
Congressional Appropriators Will Likely Have to Change T-7A Provisions, Given Production Decision Delay
While the fiscal 2025 National Defense Authorization Act and both the House and Senate versions of the fiscal 2025 defense appropriations bill approved Air Force funding for seven low-rate initial […]
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Kendall Cautions Trump DoD Efficiency Effort, Says Air Force Has Enough C-130s
U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall cautioned on Monday that, while the service may reap some programmatic savings, most cost reductions, such as those sought by the incoming Department of […]
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Business/Financial
Lockheed Martin Names New Skunk Works and Integrated Fighter Group Managers
OJ Sanchez has succeeded John Clark as the vice president and general manager of Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, and Mike Shoemaker has stepped into the shoes of Sanchez as the […]
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Air Force
Manned NGAD Would Require More Than $20 Billion Extra in R&D, Kendall Says, As He Lays Out Options for Trump Administration
U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said on Monday that a manned Next Generation Air Dominance fighter would require more than $20 billion extra in research and development (R&D), as […]
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Space
Rocket Lab USA Completes Preliminary Design Review for SDA Communications Satellites
Rocket Lab USA [RKLB] said that it has completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) phase for the U.S. Space Force Space Development Agency’s Tranche 2 Transport Layer (T2TL)-Beta program. “This […]
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Congress
Wicker Bill Has Provisions Favoring Non-Traditional Defense Companies
The bill introduced by Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Chairman Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) on Dec. 19th contains provisions that may favor defense start-ups and non-traditional defense contractors, such as Palantir […]
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