Air Force

The Air Force’s KC-46 next-generation aerial refueling tanker program has a development contract that provides contractor incentives to control costs and limits the government’s liability for increased costs over a […]

Boeing [BA] “likely” will not bid on the alternative for the Family of Advanced Beyond Line of Sight Terminals (FAB-T) but could modify the program of record to allow the […]

Production of the Air Force’s first two GPS III satellite system is “not even close” to a Nunn-McCurdy Act cost breach despite Government Accountability Office testimony that the program has […]

The Air Force Space Command will not be able to “fully utilize” the staring sensor of the Space-Based Infrared Systems (SBIRS) until the 2016-17 timeframe because the ground software that […]

Australian ministers this week said they are buying some $15.5 million in long-lead items for Bushmaster vehicles, offering the government the ability to potentially buy more of the armored vehicles. […]

Defence and Security company Saab said it has signed an approximately $17.4 million,  two-year extension for the Collective Counter-Improvised Explosive Device Trainer (CCT) managed service from the U.K. Ministry of […]

The Air Force plans to issue a request for proposals for its Deployable Radar Approach Control (D-RAPCON) radar system “on or about March 30,” according to a Notice of Contract […]

The Pentagon defended the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program on Capitol Hill yesterday as it prepares to release new data on the rocky program’s cost and schedule. Acting Pentagon acquisition […]

Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] Space Fence radar system prototype successfully tracked orbiting space objects, according a company executive. Steve Bruce, Lockheed Martin’s vice president of space surveillance systems, told Defense Daily […]

The Air Force awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] a Post Production Support (PPS) contract for LITENING G4 Advanced Targeting (AT) pod program, according to a company statement. Under the terms of […]