Budget
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Air Force
Dems Will Challenge DoD’s MEADS Funding Likely In Full HASC Markup, Sanchez Says
Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Calif.) said yesterday the Democrats will soon put forward an amendment during the fiscal year 2014 defense authorization bill process challenging the Defense Department’s funding of the […]
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Air Force
HASC Panel Again Moves To Block Air Force From Retiring Global Hawk Block 30s
A key House panel is once again proposing to prevent the Air Force from using funds to retire its fleet of RQ-4 Global Hawk Block 30 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). […]
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Air Force
House Defense Panel Proposes Air Force Create EELV Evaluation Plan
A key House panel is proposing requiring the Air Force to create and implement a plan to ensure the fair evaluation of contractors competing for Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) […]
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Army
HASC Subcommittee Proposes Restricting Air Force Logistics IT Program Funds Until Study
A key House panel is proposing to restrict a certain amount of funds available for Air Force logistics Information Technology (IT) programs until the service submits a modernization strategy after […]
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Air Force
DARPA Studying ‘Air Dominance Initiative’
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is studying an "air dominance initiative" using a systems approach to determine how the United States can extend its air superiority into the next […]
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Budget
Air Force Awards Beechcraft $210 Million For T-6 Training Aircraft
Beechcraft said on Monday it was awarded a $210 million Air Force contract for the production of 35 T-6 training aircraft with an option for two additional aircraft. The contract, […]
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Air Force
Air Force Set To Launch GPS IIF-4 Tonight
The Air Force is set to launch the fourth Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellite (GPS IIF-4) tonight between 5:35 p.m. and 5:58 p.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral Air Force […]
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Budget
New Approach, Investment Helping Lockheed Martin With F-35 Software Development
Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] improved approach to F-35 software development is helping the company save time and money by correcting issues earlier in the process, according to a key executive. Lockheed […]
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Budget
DoD Furlough Announcement Spurs Calls For Hill Fix
The Pentagon announced Tuesday that most of its civilian employees will be forced to take 11 furlough days starting in July, spurring angry calls from Republicans for Congress to intervene. […]
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Air Force
Air Force Awards Northrop Grumman $556 Million For Global Hawk Modernization
The Air Force said yesterday it awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] a $555.6 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract for Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) modernization. The tasks on each delivery or task order will fall into, […]