Air Force

The Defense Department requested to reprogram nearly $2 billion in fiscal year 2014 Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) funds, chief among them purchasing additional aircraft and supporting higher operational tempos for […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] is aiming for a New Year’s Day 2015 groundbreaking for its $915 million Space Fence ground-based space situational awareness (SSA) radar, according to a company executive. Lockheed […]

The Defense Department on Aug. 29 resumed deliveries of the engine that powers the F-35 after an aircraft fire and supply chain issue earlier this summer halted deliveries. Joe DellaVedova, […]

The amount by which the F-35’s engine flexes during flight is greater than what the Defense Department initially anticipated, according to the head of the program. F-35 Program Executive Officer […]

The Defense Department believes it knows how an F-35A caught fire in June and the head of the program believes he will have a root cause analysis complete as to […]

The Air Force is removing and replacing 50 fasteners per jet in the area of cracks found on F-16D canopy sill longerons that the service says will temporarily restore the […]

The Air Force this summer showed the adaptability of its Northrop Grumman [NOC]-built RQ-4 Global Hawk Wide Area Surveillance Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) as it proved its ability to operate […]

The Air Force approved Space Exploration Technology Corp.’s (SpaceX) request to move its previously scheduled, early morning Tuesday AsiaSat 6 launch to Wednesday following a Aug. 22 launch anomaly on […]

The Air Force recently awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract valued at up to $300 million for theAir Force Weather (AFW) program, according to a company […]

The Air Force is unsure exactly how long detailed inspections of its F-16Ds will take after preliminary inspections revealed cracking that resulted in the grounding of more than half its […]