Air Force

The Pentagon’s acquisition overseer this week issued a preliminary update to the Defense Department’s buying guidance, which emphasizes a stronger and better trained acquisition workforce, more backbone when it comes […]

The Air Force awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] a $71.5 million order to commence full-rate production (FRP) of its Litening SE advanced targeting pods and spares for the Advanced Targeting Pod-Sensor […]

The United States and Australia have agreed to place a space radar system in western Australia to help track space debris that could damage satellites, according to a Defense Department […]

BAE Systems successfully converted its 300th F-4 Phantom fighter jet into an unmanned flying drone for the Air Force, according to a company statement. Once the F-4s are converted into […]

The Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a contract worth potentially $250 million under the Integrated Space Command and Control (ISC2) system, according to a company statement. Lockheed Martin will […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] said yesterday it submitted its final contract proposal for the Air Force’s next generation space debris radar tracking system. The system, called Space Fence, will be a […]

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said yesterday he expects to continue to influence national-security policy after he relinquishes his leadership position as ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC). […]

The Air Force awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] a $39.7 million contract to design, develop, test and qualify a replacement payload transporter system (PTS) for the U.S. ICBM weapon system, according […]

The Air Force awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] a $48.2 million contract last week as part of the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) program, according to a Defense Department statement. The […]

The Air Force still hasn’t identified the root cause of why an upper stage engine on a Delta IV rocket failed during an October Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF-3 satellite […]