Air Force

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) this spring began an investigation into potential anti-competitive practices on the part of space launch services provider United Launch Alliance (ULA) and rocket engine supplier […]

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) yesterday denied Beechcraft’s protest of the Air Force’s $427 million Light Air Support (LAS) contract award to Sierra Nevada Defense Corp. (SNC) LAS is an […]

The Pentagon’s acquisition chief, Frank Kendall, said Thursday the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program is on track to ramp up production as planned in in two years “unless there is […]

The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) approved a defense policy bill Thursday that supports the Pentagon’s request for buying F-35 Joint Strike Fighters and Littoral Combat Ships (LCSs), while scaling […]

A number of contractors have reasserted their intention to bid on Air Force Space Command’s (AFSPC) multi-billion dollar Launch and Test Range System Integrated Support Contract (LISC). The trio of […]

The House Appropriations Committee (HAC) approved a $512.5 billion defense appropriations bill Wednesday that trims $3.4 billion from the Pentagon’s proposed budget, faces opposition from the White House, and cuts […]

The Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $34.2 million foreign military sale (FMS) contract to support additional integration of the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) onto Finnish Air Force […]

A Senate panel wants to authorize the Pentagon to spend nearly all of the funding it requested in fiscal year 2014 for Army and Air Force weapons programs and naval […]

The Air Force said yesterday it awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] a potential $115 million contract to provide a total of 38 radar systems to Thailand and Iraq. Northrop Grumman will […]

The Air Force has postponed its potential $30 billion T-X trainer jet competition due to higher priorities and budget constraints, according to a service spokesman. A request for proposals (RFP) […]