Air Force

By Calvin Biesecker Alliant Techsystems [ATK] yesterday posted strong earnings and sales to open its new fiscal year, powered by record results in its ammunition business that more than offset […]

By Emelie Rutherford Despite the objection of Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.), the Senate last Friday officially confirmed Air Force Gen. Norton Schwartz, outgoing head of U.S. Transportation Command (TRANSCOM), as […]

By Emelie Rutherford The House Appropriations defense subcommittee’s fiscal year 2009 defense bill includes no money for buying a Navy DDG-1000 destroyer, yet its chairman expressed doubts yesterday about the […]

By Emelie Rutherford After raising concerns about the White House’s pick for two new Air Force leaders, a key lawmaker said he has received classified material he requested on the […]

Analyst: U.S. Satellites Likely To Be Hit In A Hot War The United States must prepare for war in space, because any enemy nation will be tempted to offset the […]

By Calvin Biesecker Lockheed Martin [LMT] yesterday posted strong second quarter earnings due to big gains at its Space and Information Systems segments and the world’s largest defense contractor raised […]

By Geoff Fein Raytheon [RTN] has developed a way to offer its active electronically scanned array (AESA) to legacy aircraft such as F-18 Hornets and F-16s with minimal intrusion into […]

By Geoff Fein While there is considerable public awareness concerning the Air Force’s new KC(X) tanker program, especially after yesterday’s decision by DoD to recompete the program, what is not […]

By Marina Malenic and Emelie Rutherford The Pentagon will hold a new, expedited competition for a disputed Air Force tanker aircraft contract, with Defense Department officials now in charge of […]

By Marina Malenic and Emelie Rutherford Defense Secretary Robert Gates said yesterday that he would soon announce a decision on whether the Air Force will rebid a tanker aircraft contract […]