Air Force

The limitations, workarounds and flight restrictions in place on the F-35A at this early stage of its development substantially limit its utility of training, the Defense Department’s chief weapons tester […]

Slowing the production of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters because of the automatic government budget cuts that took effect last week could cause the price of its engines to rise and […]

Budget inflexibility due to sequestration budget cuts and an extended continuing resolution (CR) could cause the Air Force to re-open its next-generation KC-46 aerial refueling tanker contract with Boeing [BA]. […]

Though the Defense Department identified the cause of an engine blade crack on an F-35A that lead to a fleet-wide grounding, the long-term durability of the F135 engine is unknown, […]

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has issued Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $71-million contract modification to conduct flight tests this year of a long range anti-ship missile, the company said […]

The U.K. Ministry of Defense is investing approximately $340.9 million in state-of-the-art training facilities for A400M Atlas aircraft Royal Air Force pilots and crew. The 18-year contract with A400M Training […]

The Air Force will reduce flying hours by as much as 18 percent as sequestration-related budget cuts start sinking in after their March 1 implementation, according to a service spokeswoman. […]

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jet has been cleared to resume operations after being grounded last week due to a crack in an engine turbine blade, the F-35 Joint Program […]

The impact of existing and looming budget cuts facing the Defense Department from an ongoing budget resolution and sequestration in FY ’13 alone would have a severe impact on some […]

The Air Force’s nominee to become its number two civilian said he’d cast a critical eye on troubled Defense Department information technology systems. “I approach all business IT systems with […]