Air Force
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Air ForceStrong Operating Performance Lifts Boeing In Second Quarter
Boeing [BA] yesterday reported strong second quarter financial results driven by sales growth at its Commercial Airplanes segment and margin improvements at the commercial and defense segments. “Strong operational performance […]
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Air ForceLockheed Martin JASSM Lot 8 Software Upgrade Validated
Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) recently completed a successful Product Verification Test (PVT) at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., the company said yesterday. Released by a B-52 […]
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Air ForceHoning In On JSF Costs: Follow The Money, Assad Says
The world has changed, and major Defense Department funds are being spent with subcontractors such as on the Lockheed Martin [LMT] Joint Strike Fighter program, which is important when considering […]
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Air ForceAmos Eyes End of F-35 STOVL’s Probation
The Marine Corps’ top officer said yesterday he remains hopeful his service’s variant of Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] F-35 Joint Strike Fighter can be removed from a two-year probation, possibly after […]
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Air ForceLockheed Martin Boosts Operating Profits, Sales In Second Quarter
Lockheed Martin [LMT] yesterday posted a gain in its earnings from continuing operations in the second quarter due to higher profits in each of its operating segments while sales increased […]
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Air ForceLockheed Martin Gives F-35 Flight Test Progress and Delivery Update
The F-35 flight test program registered new achievements since the last update issued by prime contractor Lockheed Martin [LMT], the company said yesterday. According to a Lockheed Martin statement, the […]
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Air ForceGAO Cites Challenges In DoD Cyber Activities
The Defense Department is actively addressing cyber security threats and organizing to integrate its cyber operations such as the recent establishment of United States Cyber Command but there is insufficient […]
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Air ForceGroups Argue For, Against Defense Cuts
As word spread yesterday that the White House and House Republicans were working on a deficit-reduction plan, groups weighed in with arguments to both slash the Pentagon budget and protect it […]
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Air ForceSpace Challenges Changing, So Is Strategy, DoD Official Says
As NASA’s Space Shuttle Atlantis heads home for its final landing of the 30-year program this week, it’s fitting to consider that space is changing in fundamental ways, the deputy Assistant […]
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Air ForceSecond Boeing GPS IIF Satellite Now Operating From Space
Boeing [BA] recently said it has received the first on-orbit signals from the second of 12 Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellites it is building for the Air Force. GPS […]