Air Force

The head of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) lamented the Air Force’s “egregious” acquisition failures and said officials must be diligent in stopping flawed programs early in their development […]

The Air Force requested $10.1 billion for fiscal year 2014 space operations, according to President Barack Obama’s budget request, which was released Wednesday. The Air Force plans to continue Global […]

The Air Force requested $378 million for further system development and demonstration of its Space Fence space situational awareness program in fiscal year 2014, according to President Barack Obama’s budget […]

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The Navy and BAE Systems, contractor for the Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System (APKWS) II, will soon hammer out whether to field two variants of the […]

Raytheon [RTN] said yesterday it won South Korea’s competition to upgrade its F-16 radars. Northrop Grumman [NOC] had also been vying for the program. Raytheon will upgrade South Korea’s KF-16C/D […]

The Air Force is the only military branch requesting additional funds for fiscal year 2014 compared to what was requested in FY ’13, according to President Barack Obama’s budget request, […]

The National Security Agency (NSA) recently certified General Dynamics‘ [GD]  new ProtecD@R Network (KG-202) data-at-rest encryptor to secure information classified at the Top Secret level and below on removable and […]

Success and secrecy surrounding U.S. special operations missions around the world–such as the death of Osama bin Laden and the capture of Saddam Hussein– lean too far toward short-term goals […]

The Air Force’s canceled Expeditionary Combat Support System (ECSS), which cost $1 billion without apparently producing any significant military capability, was simply too big, according to the Defense Department’s deputy […]

The Air Force is soliciting bids from industry to help maintain its inventory of retired ICBM solid rocket motors, according to a March 26 draft request for proposals (RFP) posted […]