Air Force

The Airborne Laser Test Bed (ALTB), which achieved a historic first shooting down a boosting ballistic missile, demonstrating a directed energy weapon could be used for missile defense, now heads […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] unveiled a new variant of the F-16 yesterday at the Singapore Airshow, according to a company statement. The new variant, the F-16V, will feature enhancements including an […]

As Pentagon leaders defended their budget that ignores a potential half trillion dollar cut in spending reductions, a key senator argued the administration’s fiscal year 2013 proposal renders those cuts moot. […]

The Air Force is delaying production of the T-X advanced jet trainer, its acquisition executive said yesterday. Air Force Service Acquisition Executive David Van Buren told an audience at an […]

In support of administration priorities, the fiscal year 2013 budget request for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is $7.7 billion, down from $8.4 billion in FY ’12, with funding reductions […]

The Pentagon unveiled yesterday its fiscal year 2013 budget proposal–which includes a restructuring of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program–giving lawmakers details on proposed weapons changes they will challenge starting today. […]

The Air Force’s fiscal year 2013 procurement request is $37.1 billion, $2.6 billion less than the amount enacted for FY ’12. The Defense Department is requesting $613.9 billion for overall […]

The Air Force awarded TASC, Inc., an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity Consultant, Advisory and Technical Services (CATS) contract on Feb. 2 to support the Air Force Medical Service (AFMS) within the continental United […]

The Air Force will make its “best effort” to not “overdesign” its next optionally-manned, long-range strike bomber in its plan to produce a platform deliverable by the 2020s, its chief […]

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