Air Force

Air Force Secretary Deborah James on Thursday reassigned Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition Richard Lombardi for failing to disclose a family tie to Northrop Grumman […]

Congress is likely to alleviate the drubbing that platform procurement, particularly aircraft programs, took in the Defense Department’s fiscal 2017 budget request, according to a review of the spending plan […]

The Air Force plans to spend $121 million over the next three fiscal years on “Pathfinders” to identify opportunities for more affordable commercial satellite communication (COMSATCOM) business arrangements, according to […]

The Pentagon is finalizing a contract for its next batch of F-35 aircraft that could be worth nearly $15 billion. F-35 Program Executive Officer (PEO) Air Force Lt. Gen. Christopher […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] has cemented its plan for the Air Force’s T-X competition and will offer a modified version of the T-50 aircraft it produces with Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) […]

The appearance of the Air Force’s top two officials on Capitol Hill keyed up an ongoing fight between lawmakers over continued use of the Russian-made RD-180 rocket engine. The service […]

Because of a shortfall of active duty maintainers, the Air Force will rely on contractor-provided maintenance support for F-35 Joint Strike Fighter training units, its chief of staff Gen. Mark […]

The Air Force and United Launch Alliance (ULA) on Wednesday successfully launched a National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) satellite called NROL-45, according to a service statement. Launch took place at 6:40 […]

The Pentagon on Tuesday unveiled the $582.7 billion budget request for fiscal year 2017, a sum that conforms to the Bipartisan Budget Agreement and includes $523.9 billion in base spending […]

The Air Force and United Launch Alliance (ULA) are set for Wednesday’s launch of the National Reconnaissance Office’s (NRO) NROL-45 satellite, according to a company statement. The mission will take […]