Air Force

The Senate Armed Services Committee Wednesday confirmed Air Force Gen. Mark Welsh to be the service’s next chief of staff, a committee spokeswoman said in an email. Also confirmed were Marine […]

The Air Force’s bunker-busting Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) is ready to go today, if necessary, Secretary Michael Donley said yesterday. Donley told a Capitol Hill breakfast that in addition to […]

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It is “conceivable” the Air Force could eventually have more unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), or remotely piloted aircraft, pilots than manned aircraft pilots, the service’s outgoing chief of staff said […]

Raytheon [RTN] yesterday said it received an $81 million Army contract to develop and produce a new version of the Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System (AFATDS). The contract extends […]

The departing Air Force chief of staff said Tuesday the service is confident it has managed, but not eliminated, the risk associated with flying the F-22 and is deploying a […]

The Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] two contract modifications to continue operating and maintaining an airborne communications and information system for situational awareness and command and control, the […]

The Republican-led House passed the defense budget bill last night, via a 326-90 vote, after rejecting Democrats’ attempt to strip nearly $8 billion from the spending plan to make it adhere to […]

President Obama’s Air Force chief of staff nominee would pressure F-35 manufacturer Lockheed Martin [LMT] and the service acquisition community daily over the aircraft’s cost containment issues if confirmed, he […]

Mutual security cooperation and building partner capacity and capability are part of the U.S. military strategy as it refocuses toward the Asia Pacific region from 11 years of effort in […]