Budget

Prime contractors Lockheed Martin [LMT] and BAE Systems are forming their own teams to compete for the Australian Defense Forces’ new pilot training program, formally known as the AIR 5428 […]

As damaging has sequestration has been to the military, with its arbitrary cuts causing backlogs of maintenance, administrative work and more, the government’s shutdown could prove more damaging if it […]

Despite passing the Pay Our Military Act to allow uniformed and civilian personnel in the Defense Department to work and get paid on time during the government shutdown, some lawmakers […]

Defense contractors say it is hard to determine this early on how their programs will be affected by the ongoing government shutdown, but they seem to believe they can continue […]

The Air Force said Monday it awarded Pratt & Whitney a sole source, firm-fixed-price contract for various weapon system spare parts that could be worth as much as $2.5 billion. […]

The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) overpaid Boeing [BA] nearly $13.7 million for sole-source spare parts and should implement options to get that money back, the Defense Department inspector general (DoD […]

Former Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation director Christine Fox believes the Defense Department has made a lot of good progress in finding ways to reduce costs and protect vital industrial […]

Due to the Air Force’s decision to keep the Operationally Responsive Space (ORS) office open through fiscal year 2014, Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) said he lifted his hold on Air […]

The Defense Department F-35 Joint Program Office’s (JPO) oversight of prime contractor Lockheed Martin [LMT] was inadequate while Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) oversight of the contractors was ineffective, which […]

Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter yesterday unveiled several new initiatives to boost technology co-production and co-development rather than just simple sales. Top on Carter’s list of new initiatives is an […]