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The Air Force performed its first night flight of the F-35A Monday at Eglin AFB, Fla., service Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh said Wednesday. The first night flight is […]

The Air Force expects the results from its review on the Russian-made RD-180 first stage rocket engine around the end of May, service Secretary Deborah James told the House Appropriations […]

Despite a protest by the losing bidders for the Coast Guard’s award in February of preliminary design contracts for the Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC), the service’s Chief Adm. Bob Papp […]

A House subcommittee that oversees management of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Wednesday unanimously approved by voice vote a bipartisan bill to reform, and in some cases codify, […]

The Navy defended its Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) as being sufficiently survivable–and easily upgunned where needed–after taking heat from House appropriators Tuesday on the LCS program and the Navy’s plans […]

The House Appropriations defense subcommittee on Tuesday questioned several moves proposed by the Navy and Marine Corps in the fiscal year 2015 budget request that would shrink the size of […]

A key lawmaker Tuesday vowed legislative action to ensure the Air Force adheres to a Defense Department directive to compete national security launches. House Armed Services (HASC) tactical air and […]

The Coast Guard is in the process of developing a solicitation to procure the remainder of its planned Fast Response Cutters (FRCs), which are currently being built by Bollinger Shipyards […]

The Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) required report on the Department of Defense’s (DoD) statutorily-mandated report on Regional Ballistic Missile Defense found that DoD could have provided more comprehensive information to […]

House Armed Services Committee (HASC) member Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) said Friday the United States should move away from using rocket engines not domestically-made in national security space launches. “I believe […]