Congress
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Air ForceSAC-D Backs C-17s, Sides With DoD On Kills Including F-35 2nd Engine
By Emelie Rutherford A Senate panel unveiled a defense appropriations bill yesterday that all but assures continued C-17 aircraft production while leaving the F-35’s alternate engine, F-22 jet, and VH-71 […]
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Air Force
F-35 Second Engine Foes Back Possible Presidential Veto
By Emelie Rutherford Lawmakers siding with the Obama administration in its opposition to a second alternate engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter said they would support President Obama if […]
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Air Force
Boeing Backers On Hill: WTO Subsidy Finding Impacts Tanker Contest
By Emelie Rutherford Boeing [BA] supporters in Congress argued last Friday that as the Pentagon prepares to release the solicitation for the Air Force tanker it cannot ignore the World […]
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ArmyIndependent Army Testers Gather Reams of Data In The Desert
By Ann Roosevelt FT. BLISS, Texas— Troops posing as insurgents on a rooftop pour .50-caliber machine gun fire down at advancing U.S. soldiers conducting a cordon and search mission. Some […]
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Air Force
GE, Rolls-Royce Look To Align With Acquisition Reformers In Fixed Price Engine Offer
By Marina Malenic and Emelie Rutherford General Electric [GE] and Rolls-Royce are seeking to win over critics of the plan to purchase an alternate engine for the Pentagon’s newest fighter […]
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Army
Uniform Fabric Fracas Signals ‘Buy America’ Concerns In Washington
By Emelie Rutherford Congressional debate over whether to continue importing a foreign fiber for military uniforms exemplifies differing concerns surrounding so-called "buy America" restrictions for Pentagon purchases, defense-industry followers say. And […]
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Air Force
JASSM Testing Beginning Within The Month; AF Optimistic
By Emelie Rutherford The Air Force said last week late-stage testing will begin within the next month on a reliability-challenged cruise missile, which unavoidably will experience a production line shutdown […]
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Air Force
Air Force Analyzing Light-Attack Plane As Iraq Pushes For F-16s
By Emelie Rutherford The Air Force is planning to conduct an analysis of a light-attack aircraft envisioned for potential purchase by Iraq, though that nation has expressed a preference for […]
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Air Force
Tanker Contest Set To Resume With Refined Criteria When Congress Returns
By Emelie Rutherford Following previous delays, Air Force officials stood by plans yesterday for releasing a streamlined solicitation for the KC-X aerial-refueling tanker to two industry teams next month. "The […]
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Air Force
SASC Seapower To Reorg Following Loss of Kennedy, Martinez
By Emelie Rutherford A key Navy-focused committee in Congress soon will receive new leadership, following the death of Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) on Tuesday and retirement of Sen. Mel Martinez […]