Air Force

The Air Force is allowing its G222 contract with Alenia Aermacchi North America to expire in March because the program’s ongoing deficiencies, past performance and the timing of the contract’s […]

The Defense Department last month awarded a three-year, $617 million joint enterprise licensing agreement to Insight Enterprises, one of the largest global large account resellers of Microsoft [MSFT] software, a […]

The Navy said Dec. 28 it awarded a total of $4.9 billion in contracts to Lockheed Martin [LMT] for the continued development of the fifth-generation F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program. […]

The Air Force said Dec. 28 it awarded Boeing [BA] an $895 million contract for operational enhancements to the C-17 military transport aircraft. The contract, a cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price, fixed-price […]

The Air Force said Dec. 28 it awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $1.9 billion contract to produce the fifth and sixth satellites of the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) communications […]

The Air Force’s alternative fuels certification effort is on hold and “may go away” if the service doesn’t find more money to continue research. “We have run out of funding […]

Congress’ final defense policy bill pushes back on Pentagon plans to fund a controversial tri-nation missile-defense program and retire aircraft, while authorizing it to continue biofuel development, study an additional […]

The Pentagon on Friday finalized a long-awaited contract to Lockheed Martin [LMT] for the fifth batch of F-35s in low-rate production, formally ending a year of contentious negotiations for the […]

Canada is officially considering options other than the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 Joint Strike Fighter for replacing its CF-18 fighter jet fleet, according to a Canadian government statement. The decision […]

The leadership of key defense panels took shape yesterday, when a new roster of House Armed Services subcommittee chairmen was announced and the head of a powerful budget panel was […]