Air Force

General Electric [GE] this week said its Aviation division will establish a research and development center that will focus on advanced technologies for military and civil hybrid electric vehicles and […]

By Emelie Rutherford The Pentagon announced late yesterday it would extend the deadline for proposals for the Air Force tanker so European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. (EADS) potentially can […]

By Emelie Rutherford A new Pentagon rapid-fielding effort remains a work in progress but has had successes including helicopter-survivability efforts, a senior official said. Zachary Lemnios, the Pentagon’s director of […]

By Calvin Biesecker The Defense Department late last year established minimum security standards for physical access control into its facilities and installations, a key step toward improving the ability to […]

By Emelie Rutherford The defense secretary assured lawmakers yesterday that the Pentagon, as it considers extending the deadline for proposals to build the Air Force tanker, will not change the […]

By Emelie Rutherford The World Trade Organization (WTO) concluded some European government subsidies to Airbus were improper, according to congressional backers of Boeing [BA] who argue the decision unavoidably alters […]

By Emelie Rutherford Government auditors’ latest assessment of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program warns additional cost growth and schedule extensions, beyond those recently unveiled, are likely. The Government Accountability […]

By Emelie Rutherford Pentagon officials are studying how President Barack Obama’s proposal to cancel NASA’s Constellation spaceflight program would impact the military’s solid-rocket-motor efforts. The White House’s fiscal year 2011 […]

By Emelie Rutherford Called before Congress to explain delays and cost growth with Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, Pentagon officials said yesterday the aircraft’s initial operational capability (IOC) […]

By Emelie Rutherford Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), a close watchdog of the contest to build the next Air Force tanker, said yesterday he will not fight to change Northrop Grumman‘s […]