Air Force

By Emelie Rutherford House appropriators want the Pentagon to consider how its acquisition programs impact the domestic industrial base, and are calling on defense officials to explain how such workforce […]

By Emelie Rutherford Congress is poised to tackle the fiscal year 2009 defense spending bill when it resumes its work next week, with the House Appropriations Committee’s (HAC) markup expected […]

By Calvin Biesecker Serco Group said yesterday that its United States-based division Serco Inc., has agreed to acquire federal services provider SI International [SINT] for $423 million in cash in […]

By Ann Roosevelt Lockheed Martin [LMT], under HELLFIRE Services Limited Liability Company (HSLLC), will produce additional combat-proven Hellfirer II precision- strike, laser-guided air-to-ground missiles for U.S. and international armed forces […]

By Emelie Rutherford At least 11 lawmakers–including many outspoken Boeing [BA] backers–want the Pentagon to slow the speed of the revised aerial-refueling tanker competition, saying in a letter too many questions […]

Exercise Fuerzas Aliades PANAMAX 2008 involves military and civilian forces from 20 nations to increase multinational interoperability and support training requirements to ensure rapid crisis response and provide threat protection […]

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 […]