Air Force

The first cyberspace weapons system, the defensive Air Force Intranet Control (AFINC) Weapon System, reached full operational capability (FOC) on Jan. 7, Air Force Space Command said Tuesday. The AFINC […]

Special operations component commanders on Wednesday detailed acquisition wish lists that included everything from new drones, precision guided munitions for small boats and laser weapons that can be mounted on […]

The Defense Department last week took a step toward fixing a F-35 fuel system issue first discovered in late 2014. F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) spokesman Joe DellaVedova said Thursday […]

The first Global Positioning System III (GPS III) satellite developed by Lockheed Martin [LMT] finished a key milestone in December in preparation for a late 2016 launch. GPS III space […]

The Air Force on Wednesday said it awarded Orbital ATK [OA] and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) contracts as part of its effort to get of […]

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) will tackle the Russian rocket engine restrictions in the upcoming authorization season after they were lifted in the fiscal year 2016 Consolidated Appropriations Act. […]

The Air Force on Friday released a request for proposals (RFP) on Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) for the Global Positioning System III (GPS III) space vehicles 11 and beyond Phase […]

An HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter was grounded Jan. 5 in southern Afghanistan, where it was damaged while evacuating U.S. and Afghan casualties from a firefight with Taliban fighters. One U.S. […]

The U.S. Air Force issued a request for information (RFI) Monday on products that can virtualize the cyberspace aspects of service weapon systems to support realistic mission rehearsals. The notice, […]

The U.S. Air Force awarded BAE Systems a contract worth about $279 million to provide multiple agencies with a range of radar support services, the company said Tuesday. The firm-fixed-price, […]