Air Force

Northrop Grumman [NOC] successfully completed all field installations of a new radar system for the Air Force’s fleet of B-2 stealth bombers. Every operational B-2 is now equipped with the […]

The Air Force selected General Electric [GE] and Pratt & Whitney [UTX] to move forward in its proposed development program to improve the performance of next generation combat aircraft engines. […]

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–Defense Department leaders re-emphasized their commitment to the nuclear triad this week at the Air Force Association’s 2012 Air and Space Exposition here. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs […]

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—Northrop Grumman [NOC] and AgustaWestland signed a teaming agreement to compete for both the Air Force’s Combat Rescue Helicopter (CRH) program and the Navy’s new Marine One presidential […]

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–Advancements in cyberspace will be the “game changer” in the next major conflict, as much as air power played the pivotal role in World War II, the Air […]

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–The Air Force is “likely” to award the Space Fence contract in the spring of 2013, its space commander said yesterday. “We’ll likely award the contract in the […]

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md–Northrop Grumman [NOC] and the Air Force completed an integrated baseline review and an interim design review for the Air Operations Center (AOC) Weapon System modernization program, the […]

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Air Force Secretary Michael Donley put Congress on notice yesterday regarding sequestration and budget planning. “We need Congress to de-trigger the Budget Control Act’s sequester provisions […]

General Atomics’ Reaper (MQ-9) unmanned aerial vehicle has successfully completed a series of automatic takeoffs and landings for the first time, the company said yesterday. The takeoffs and landings involved […]

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–The Air Force is applying commercial satellite acquisition techniques to the way it procures military satellites, according to a Boeing [BA] satellite executive.  “The Air Force has gotten […]