Air Force

CHICAGO – Efforts are underway to bring the clerical process of joining the military out of the analogue age by dispensing with questionnaires and paperwork that are largely unchanged since […]

Textron [TXT] is waiting until the Air Force releases its final request for proposals (RFP) for the T-X trainer before deciding whether to bid for the program, Textron AirLand President […]

Six or seven companies want an agreement with the Air Force like the one the service recently signed with Textron [TXT], according to service Secretary Deborah James. James said Tuesday […]

Retaking territory held by Islamic State militants (ISIL) in Iraq and Syria is a necessary first step to the group’s ultimate defeat, though the multi-national coalition fighting the terrorists is […]

The Air Force on Monday said a weather satellite that stopped responding to commands in February is not repairable and that it wouldn’t take further action toward recovery. The Air […]

NanoRacks, a company doing business on the International Space Station (ISS), has launched roughly six Defense Department payloads into space via ISS, a company official told Defense Daily. Kirk Woellert, […]

Funding will not be a problem in President Barack Obama administration’s plan to field a new Long-Range Standoff (LRSO) nuclear cruise missile, Lt. Gen. Jack Weinstein, Air Force deputy chief […]

Boeing [BA] said Thursday it will take another after-tax charge on the KC-46 aerial refueling tanker program, this one costing $393 million. The company said the charge, its fourth, reflects […]

The Air Force said Wednesday it signed a first-of-its-kind cooperative research and development  agreement (CRADA) with Textron [TXT] to provide an airworthiness assessment of the company’s Model 530 Scorpion. Air […]

Ten Democratic senators urged President Barack Obama to cancel the Air Force’s Long Range Standoff (LRSO) weapon before he leaves office in January, according to a letter obtained by Defense […]