Air Force

Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] SpectIR infrared search and track system capability (IRST) pod successfully acquired, tracked and provided a weapons cue during a live fire flight test conducted in early November […]

AeroVironment recently received an Air Force order for its Switchblade loitering and munition systems and services, according to a Feb. 15 company statement. The $4.2 million extension to an existing […]

The Defense Department’s Better Buying Power initiatives “aren’t understood” at the “working level” and it may take two to four years for those initiatives to trickle down to lower level […]

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Lockheed Martin [LMT] created the new F-16V fighter jet variant because its customer feedback asked for upgrades in the plane, according to a company executive. Bill McHenry, Lockheed Martin’s director […]

Preserving the industrial base was a key reason behind the Pentagon’s decision to continue funding the design and development of the Air Force’s next generation long-range strike bomber, a senior […]

BAE Systems is completing Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP) on its Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) and expects to be awarded a Full-Rate Production (FRP) contract “in a couple months,” […]

The Air Force will issue a request for proposals in the spring for an alternate source for the Family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals (FAB-T) and plans to be on […]

Sierra Nevada Corp. is still aiming for the April 2013 delivery date for the first aircraft called for under the Air Force’s Light Air Support contract despite being held up […]

House lawmakers who craft the defense budget are voicing concerns about the Pentagon’s proposal to cancel a variant of the Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and […]