Air Force

By Ann Roosevelt U.S. Joint Forces Command (JFCOM) is creating a National Program For Small Unit Excellence in response to the demands of the Afghanistan strategy that emphasizes small high- […]

The Joint Program Executive Office Joint Tactical Radio System (JPEO JTRS) last week announced that the Wideband Networking Waveform (WNW), a critical capability of the JTRS, successfully demonstrated its validated […]

By Emelie Rutherford House authorization panels recommended last Friday changing cost controls for Navy littoral ships, prodding the service to enter into multiyear contracts, and adding monies to the Pentagon’s […]

By Emelie Rutherford The head of a naval subcommittee in Congress said that while he understands the frustration of Republicans who want to compel the Pentagon to produce a shipbuilding […]

By Emelie Rutherford Defense Secretary Robert Gates told senators yesterday he would support increasing the number of ground-based missile interceptors in the United States–despite the lack of funding for more […]

By Emelie Rutherford The lead Republican on a House panel preparing to craft its version of the defense budget voiced concern yesterday about the Pentagon’s proposed changes to the Joint […]

By Emelie Rutherford U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) is seeking funding to quickly convert up to a dozen MC-130W Combat Spear support-and-tanker planes to gunships partly because of the need […]

By Emelie Rutherford Though House-Senate negotiations on the supplemental war-funding bill have slowed, the two sides have agreed to including funding for eight C-17 cargo planes and some but not […]

By Emelie Rutherford The Pentagon still has control of the aerial-refueling tanker replacement effort and a decision on whether to transfer source-selection authority back to the Air Force does not […]

Boeing [BA] earlier this week submitted its proposal to develop the Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES) program for the Navy, the company reported. Responses to the request for […]