Air Force

The Air Force and the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), major stakeholders in the Minuteman III follow-on ICBM study, need to better coordinate their efforts to provide cost estimates for […]

Air Force secretary nominee Deborah Lee James told the Senate Armed Services Committee that budget cuts have caused a readiness hole for the service and also exacerbated some “fences to […]

Boeing [BA] said Wednesday it will complete production of its C-17 Globemaster III airlifter and close the C-17 final assembly facility in Long Beach, Calif., in 2015. Boeing Vice President […]

The United States needs to engage Asia-Pacific partners, particularly in its protected military satellite communication (MILSATCOM) systems, as part of its “pivot” to the region, according to an analyst from […]

Both Orbital Sciences [ORB] and United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully launched payloads into space yesterday.  Launch of Atlas V   Photo: ULA One of ULA’s Atlas V rockets carrying the […]

Textron AirLand–a partnership between Textron Inc. [TXT] and AirLand Enterprises–presented a prototype of its new Scorpion Hero 1 aircraft platform at the Air Force Association’s Air and Space expo this […]

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–Lockheed Martin [LMT] selected Northrop Grumman [NOC] and its Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) for the F-16 Combat Avionics Programmed Extension Suite (CAPES), an avionics modernization program designed […]

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – Joint STARS recapitalization and a new T-X trainer are among the Air Force’s top five priorities, according to the service’s top official.  “If I was building […]

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–The major F-35 stakeholders–prime contractor Lockheed Martin [LMT], engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney and the Defense Department have established a “cost war room” to help drive down lifecycle […]

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The Air Force’s top officer yesterday expressed confidence the F-35A will reach its initial operational capability (IOC) goal of 2016, as long as the program receives […]