Air Force
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Air ForceWork to Continue on Sentinel, As DoD/USAF Examine How to Restructure Program
Work on the U.S. Air Force LGM-35A Sentinel future ICBM by Northrop Grumman [NOC] is to go forward, as the service and DoD acquisition chief William LaPlante consider how to […]
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Air ForceACC Commander Looks Forward to Rapid CCA Fielding
U.S. Air Force Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach, the head of Air Combat Command (ACC) at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., said this week that he believes that the service will field Collaborative […]
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Air ForceBAE Systems: Advanced Radar Warning Receivers for C-130Js Continue Production/Delivery
BAE Systems said on July 9 that it continues to deliver its AN/ALR-56M advanced radar warning receivers to the U.S. Air Force to protect C-130J transports by Lockheed Martin[LMT] under […]
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Air ForceSASC Wants F-35 Program to Submit Plan for Integration of Improved PTMS on Plane by 2029
The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) wants insight from the F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) on a timeline to compete and award a contract to build and integrate an upgraded […]
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Air ForceACC Commander Says He Expects NGAD Choice This Year
U.S. Air Force Gen. Kenneth “Cruiser” Wilsbach, the head of Air Combat Command (ACC), said on July 10 that he still expects the service to make a Next Generation Air […]
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Air ForceSASC Wants Report on Possible Deployment of 450 Sentinels
While the Pentagon on July 8 announced a further cost overrun and development delay for the U.S. Air Force LGM-35A Sentinel future ICBM by Northrop Grumman [NOC], the Senate Armed […]
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Air ForceUSAF Sticks with GE, As Foreign Nations Consider F-15EX Buys with Pratt & Whitney Engines
While the U.S. Air Force is sticking with the General Electric [GE] F110-129 engine for the service’s F-15EX fighter by Boeing [BA], potential foreign buyers may want a possibly cheaper […]
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Air ForceDoD Review Of Sentinel Finds Further Cost Increases, Schedule Delays; Program To Be Restructured
The Air Force’s next-generation ICBM will continue but will be restructured amid further cost increases and schedule delays and the decision in 2020 to initiate the engineering and manufacturing development […]
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Navy/USMCLockheed Martin Nabs $1.56 Billion Contract In F-35 Logistics Support
The Navy awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $1.56 billion contract to procure various logistics support for F-35 Joint Strike Fighter air systems for the Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy, Foreign […]
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Air ForceSentinel Program Director Dismissed
On June 24, U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. John Newberry, the head of the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center at Kirtland AFB, N.M., dismissed Air Force Col. Charles Clegg, the […]
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