Air Force

The U.S. Forest Service said yesterday it reduced the number of Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems (MAFFS) –equipped C-130s requested for firefighting in the Rocky Mountain region from six to […]

The Air Force recently awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] a $108 million contract to develop and implement cryptography upgrades as part of the ICBM Cryptography Upgrade II engineering and development program. […]

The Defense Department plans to turn over radio program responsibilities with the primary tactical radio requirements, after nearly a decade of effort to develop next-generation software-defined radios under the Joint […]

The Air Force said Friday it suspended C-27J flight operations pending the outcome of an investigation into “aircraft flight control problem.” The story was first reported by Defense News. Air […]

Separate teams led by Raytheon [RTN] and Lockheed Martin [LMT] said yesterday they plan on pursuing the Air Force’s Deployable Radar Approach Control (D-RAPCON) program. D-RAPCON is a deployable air […]

The Air Force is working on developing the first all-electric general purpose vehicle fleet on a federal installation at Los Angeles AFB. Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for […]

Hawker Beechcraft Defense Company said Monday it entered low-rate initial production (LRIP) of its AT-6 light attack and armed reconnaissance aircraft in response to “significant indications of interest around the […]

Boeing [BA] entered an agreement with Brazilian manufacturer Embraer [ERJ] to install its Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) and Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) on Embraer’s A-29 Super Tucano turbo-prop aircraft, […]

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter reached the highest monthly total of test points yet during June, Lockheed Martin [LMT] said yesterday, in a positive step for a program that has […]

ATK [ATK] said a modified variant of its Mk44 Bushmaster Automatic Cannon medium-caliber weapon was recently type classified as the GAU-23 by the Air Force for integration on AC-130W gunships. […]