Air Force

Defense budget-setters in the House want to cut $1.85 billion from the Pentagon’s budget request for developing and buying weapon systems. The House Appropriations Defense subcommittee (HAC-D) released on Tuesday […]

The Defense Department said Friday the Marine Corps’ F-35B variant will reach initial operational capability (IOC) by December 2015, while the Air Force’s F-35A variant will follow a year later and the Navy’s […]

The Air Force is concluding a series of “night flights” at Edwards AFB, Calif., that test the F-35’s capability when flying in instrument meteorological conditions–when pilots have no external visibility […]

Raytheon [RTN] recently edged out Lockheed Martin [LMT] for an Air Force contract potentially worth $260 million to produce up to 18 Deployable Radar Approach Control (D-RAPCON) systems. D-RAPCON is […]

Boeing [BA] May 24 said it has received the first on-orbit signals from the fifth Wideband Global SATCOM satellite (WGS-5) it is delivering to the Air Force. The satellite is […]

The Air Force will deliver an initial operational capability (IOC) notice to Congress for the F-35A next week, a significant milestone in a key Defense Department program. Air Force spokesman […]

The Pentagon has submitted reports to Congress outlining cost changes to major acquisition programs while noting that it was the first time in recent history that no programs reached a […]

The Pentagon said costs dropped on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program by $4.5 billion over a year, the first time a reduction was noted in the multi-service, multi-nation aircraft […]

The Air Force will cease flying at Nellis AFB, Nev., from the end of May through October, except for F-35 testing, due to sequestration-related budget cuts, according to a key […]

The Air Force pushed the scheduled launch of its fifth Wideband Global Satcom satellite (WGS-5) from Thursday to today due to an issue associated with a ground support system helium […]