Air Force

By Emelie Rutherford As the Pentagon continues to prod Congress to pass a budget for the fiscal year that began four months ago, defense leaders argued yesterday a defense spending […]

By Emelie Rutherford Senators on a key panel yesterday struggled to assess whether European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. (EADS) received an unfair advantage in the Air Force tanker competition […]

By Emelie Rutherford Some of the Pentagon budget cuts Defense Secretary Robert Gates proposed yesterday, related to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and an amphibious vehicle, have early support from […]

By Emelie Rutherford Pentagon officials are expected to unveil this week their plans for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s second engine, which Congress recently agreed to fund until at least […]

By Emelie Rutherford President Barack Obama signed into law on Wednesday a temporary federal budget bill that allows the Navy to change its acquisition strategy for littoral ships and keeps the F-35 second […]

By Emelie Rutherford The Senate is expected to vote today on a temporary federal budget that would run until March 4 and grant the Navy permission to buy Littoral Combat […]

By Emelie Rutherford Senators lined up amendments yesterday to the omnibus government funding bill and annual defense policy bill, including changes related to the Air Force tanker and F-35 alternate […]

By Emelie Rutherford Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) called yesterday for the Navy to further delay a contract award for the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program until early 2011 so lawmakers […]

By Emelie Rutherford Two key Republicans fresh off reelection victories gave differing views yesterday on trimming the defense budget, hinting at some of the disarray on the issue among members […]

By Emelie Rutherford Boeing [BA] backer Rep. Rick Larsen (D-Wash.) was declared the winner of his reelection battle early this week, when House Republicans began planning their takeover of the […]