Air Force

Lockheed Martin [LMT] will continue to maintain a U.S. Space and Missile Command system that distributes early warning missile data to American and allied commanders, the company said yesterday. The […]

The Air Force awarded Raytheon [RTN] a $497.1 million firm-fixed-price contract Friday to procure 50 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM). According to Air Force spokesman Capt. Matthew Stines, delivery of […]

Boeing [BA] awarded Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies Corp. [UTX], a contract to supply engines for Boeing’s KC-46 aerial refueling tanker, according to a Pratt & Whitney […]

The Air Force is “convinced” there is a root cause to a possible oxygen system malfunction that caused the service to ground its F-22 Raptor fleet last summer, but it […]

The cost of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter rose to $395.7 billion last year as the most expensive program in the Pentagon’s history continues to struggle with cost overruns and […]

Boeing [BA] signed an agreement with the United Kingdom for one C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft, the company said yesterday. The C-17, due later this year, will be the eighth […]

The Defense Department and the Australian Defence Force are now sharing hosted payload space thanks to a commercial satellite launched on Sunday. Intelsat 22, a 702MP (medium power) satellite produced […]

Raytheon [RTN] was 193 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) behind schedule when it was due in January to deliver its entire order to the Air Force, forcing the service to […]

General Dynamics [GD] has been awarded a Design Engineering Support Program (DESP) III contract to provide engineering and high-level technical support for all Air Force Materiel Command weapon systems, components […]

The Obama administration and Congress must prioritize recapitalizing combat air capabilities to adequately support the president’s new emphasis on the Asia-Pacific region, according to a recent report by the conservative […]