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The Air Force is set to launch its sixth Wideband Global Satcom satellite (WGS-6) tonight between 8:30 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. EST from Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral […]

A key Air Force official yesterday emphasized the importance of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to the United States in light of the Defense Department’s quadrennial review of strategies and […]

The Pentagon is reducing the number of furlough days civilian employees must take, thanks to savings in other areas of its budget and permission it received from Congress to reprogram […]

A new, easy-to-carry freshwater purifier that could give Marines and first responders access to clean water wherever they go successfully completed its first operational test recently. Funded by the Office […]

Raytheon [RTN] and Northrop Grumman [NOC] recently completed their Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar (3DELRR) demos for the Air Force, the last major events prior to an anticipated $1.3 billion award […]

President Barack Obama said last week he intends to nominate SAIC [SAI] executive Deborah James as the next Air Force secretary. James is currently president of the technology and engineering […]

The Air Force said Wednesday it awarded BAE Systems an eight year, $535 million contract for Minuteman III ICBM sustainment. The Air Force said three offers were received for the […]

Northrop Grumman [NOC] said Wednesday it won a high-profile competition an analyst valued at exceeding $2 billion to upgrade the radars of both the United States’ and Taiwan’s F-16s fighter […]

The No. 2 Pentagon official said he is worried about the defense industrial base after reviewing the military’s future funding options. Senior defense officials told a House panel Thursday that […]

NASA successfully completed the Space Launch System (SLS) preliminary design review (PDR) Wednesday, a major milestone in its effort to build the United States’ next heavy-lift launch vehicle. Senior experts […]