Air Force
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Air ForceRussia Developing Anti-Satellite Weapon
Russia is developing an anti-satellite capability, The International Herald Tribune reported, quoting a Russian official. Deputy Defense Minister Gen. Valentin Popovkin said Russia can’t remain idle while China and the […]
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Air ForceNews On F-22 Fate Not Coming By March 1
By Emelie Rutherford Watchers of Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] F-22 stealth fighter program hoping to learn by March 1 if the Obama administration plans to continue or terminate the jet’s production […]
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Air ForceNew Anti-Ship Cruise Missile Targets Key To Defeating Advanced Weapons, Official Says
By Geoff Fein As the Navy and industry develop new ship self defense systems to counter advances in anti-ship cruise missiles, it’s up to PMA-208 to find ways to represent […]
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Air ForceAugustine: United States Can Afford First-Rate Space, Defense Programs, But Doesn’t Out Of Stinginess, Wrong Priorities
Betting On Super Bowl Rivals The Missile Defense Budget; Pornography Spending Equals Recent NASA Budgets The United States fails to provide adequate funding for major space, missile defense and weapons […]
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Air ForceExperts See Deep Cuts Coming In Defense Procurement, Myriad Programs At Risk
Defense procurement programs face huge budget cuts, not only in fiscal 2010 but even more in 2011 and the out years, with an immense array of programs in each of […]
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Air ForceIrregular Warfare Must Become a Core Competency, General Says
By Ann Roosevelt Facing the complexity and uncertainty of military operations in the 21st century, the military must make superiority in irregular warfare a core capability, according to a top […]
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Air ForceAcquisition Review Shows For Some Programs Changes Led To Cost Growth
By Geoff Fein A January review of 41 major acquisition programs by Pentagon acquisition chief John Young showed that a number of programs were impacted by a variety of issues […]
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Air ForceGAO Pledges To Look Into DoD Heeding of Industrial Base Rule
By Emelie Rutherford The nation’s top auditor told lawmakers yesterday he will look into whether the Pentagon should be placing greater emphasis on the impact on U.S. jobs when planning […]
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Air ForceBoeing Delivers Final Upgraded Missile Guidance Set For Minuteman III ICBM
Boeing [BA] yesterday said it has delivered the final upgraded missile guidance set (MGS) for the Minuteman III ICBM to the Air Force, completing 82 months of consecutive on time […]
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Air ForceLockheed Martin-Northrop Grumman Team Receive TSAT Contract Extension
The Air Force recently awarded the Lockheed Martin [LMT]/Northrop Grumman [NOC] Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT) Space Segment Team a $75-million, six-month extension to its Risk Reduction and System Definition […]