Air Force

Boeing [BA] could throw its KC-46A tanker program into flux if it doesn’t perform a critical flight test by the end of the year, according to a key Defense Department […]

The fiscal year 2015 conferenced defense authorization bill would allow the deactivation of some A-10s if the Defense Department proves that not doing so would significantly delay the planned fielding […]

The conferenced fiscal year 2015 defense authorization bill released Tuesday protects the use of Russian rocket engines procured before Feb. 1 in national security space launches. The bill contains a […]

Northrop Grumman [NOC] supported the flight testing of a U.S. Air Force Minuteman III ICBM on Sept. 23, the company said on Tuesday. The ICBM flight test was conducted as […]

Northrop Grumman [NOC] completed an Integrated Baseline Review (IBR) of the production, deployment, and initial sustainment phase for the U.S. Air Force’s Enhanced Polar System (EPS) Control and Planning Segment […]

The Air Force is making slow, but steady, progress toward issuing a T-X trainer request for proposals (RFP), with a new goal of third quarter fiscal year 2016, according to […]

The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) has opened a preliminary investigation into the Light Air Support (LAS) deal between the Air Force and contractors Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) and […]

United Launch Alliance (ULA) could have internal tradeoffs done as early as January on what will go into its next-generation launch vehicle to pair with the company’s Blue Origin-developed engine, […]

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced an effort to improve the entire nuclear enterprise, from modernizing support infrastructure to hiring more maintenance workers to attempting to change the culture of the […]

Several members of the House and Senate sent a clear message to the Air Force on Thursday that they were not willing to accept any compromise deals on the A-10 […]