Air Force

The Air Force is slated to announce in December an award to build about 20 aircraft being procured for the Afghan government under the Light Air Support (LAS) program, Air […]

South Korea has opened a competition to supply Airborne Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radars to its fleet of 134 F-16s, and Raytheon [RTN] and Northrop Grumman [NOC] are lined up […]

President Barack Obama said last night he would veto legislation Republican lawmakers have vowed to introduce that would quash automatic Pentagon budget cuts triggered by a panel’s failure to craft a […]

The Senate will face more than 200 amendments to the defense policy bill, including one curtailing cost-type Pentagon contracts, when it restarts debate on the measure next week. The chamber […]

The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says he must not only provide what service men and women need to achieve national security goals in Iraq, Afghanistan and around […]

The Air Force has eliminated Hawker Beechcraft’s AT-6 from the bidding process under the Light Air Support (LAS) program, the company said last week, adding that it had formally requested […]

The Senate took up the Pentagon policy bill yesterday, passing an airlift-requirement amendment during debate largely focused on detainee provisions that prompted the White House to threaten to veto the […]

The Defense Department (DoD) yesterday said the first flight test of the Advanced Hypersonic Weapon (AHW) concept vehicle was successfully conducted yesterday by Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces […]

The United States and the Philippines are updating the mutual defense treaty signed in 1951, and in a new era offers new challenges but new opportunities, the Secretary of State […]

The Air Force has awarded Raytheon [RTN] a $24 million competitive contract to deliver laser-guided bomb kits, the company said yesterday. The Paveway II components are designed to transform “dumb” […]