Air Force

By Emelie Rutherford The House Appropriations Committee (HAC) approved yesterday a supplemental war-spending bill after shifting funding from Army radios to Navy aircraft and adding language encouraging a multi-year contract […]

By Emelie Rutherford The head of a House panel said yesterday he still supports a dual buy of the Air Force tanker, after a plan for such a nontraditional procurement was omitted from a […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Sikorsky Aircraft [UTX] unveiled its X2 TECHNOLOGY Light Tactical Helicopter design Monday at the Army Aviation Association of America annual conference here. "These technologies can potentially bring new rotorcraft […]

By Emelie Rutherford House appropriators want to bolster war funding in the White House’s supplemental spending request by $4.7 billion, with much of the increase covering C-17 and C-130 cargo aircraft and […]

By Ann Roosevelt The capstone future study program Unified Quest 09 (UQ09) examining the concepts and capabilities required for strategic, joint and tactical challenges the U.S. military will face 2018-2025 […]

By Ann Roosevelt A single training capability that can be distributed from shooters to the president is the goal of the "All things Missile" initiative from U.S. Joint Forces Command […]

By Emelie Rutherford House defense appropriators yesterday polished their proposed war supplemental funding bill–which calls for adding weapon programs yet not a dual-buy Air Force tanker plan to the White […]

By Emelie Rutherford Former Harvard University professor Ashton Carter is due to start work today as the Pentagon’s acquisition czar, after lawmakers dropped their opposition last week upon receiving assurances […]

By Emelie Rutherford Lawmakers said yesterday they need more time than anticipated to craft a supplemental war-funding bill, and a lead defense appropriator said he still wants to tack billions […]

By Marina Malenic U.S. defense officials yesterday cast doubt on a Wall Street Journal report that cyber spies infiltrated the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program and stole key data. […]