Air Force

House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Chairman Mac Thornberry’s (R-Texas) fiscal year 2017 mark restricts the definition of a rocket propulsion system (RPS) to a main booster, first-stage rocket engine or […]

The F-35 joint program executive officer (PEO) is confident that the program office has found a solution to software stability problems that induced the plane’s sensors to shut off more […]

President Barack Obama nominated Air Force Gen. David Goldfein to serve as the service’s next chief of staff, according to a Defense Department statement. Goldfein currently serves as vice chief […]

After 20 months during which 40,000 bombs and missiles were fired at targets in Iraq and Syria, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter this week announced major escalations in the U.S. […]

For lack of F/A-18 Hornets to fly, the Marine Corps is barely training its pilots sufficiently for deployment and is providing too few flight hours for its “bench” units who […]

House authorizers want the Air Force to accelerate the development, procurement and fielding of the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) recapitalization program. The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) […]

The Air Force will issue a request for proposals (RFP) in a matter of weeks for its next-generation ICBM, known as the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD), the Pentagon’s acquisition […]

The House Armed Services seapower and projection forces subcommittee included an additional $2.3 billion to beef up Navy shipbuilding in its version of the defense authorization bill, providing for the […]

The fiscal year 2017 House Armed Services (HASC) strategic forces subcommittee mark contains a provision that would require the Defense Department to develop study guidance including the full range of […]

In its fiscal year 2017 defense authorization proposal, the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) tactical air and land forces subcommittee plans to boost procurement funding for a number of aircraft […]