Pentagon

With fewer than 14 days left in the federal fiscal year, Defense Secretary Ash Carter warned that both of the most-likely answers to the current budget impasse would be wasteful […]

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–Though the Air Force is interested in a eventual multi-year “block buy” of F-35A conventional variant aircraft, it won’t be able to participate in one by fiscal year […]

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. –The F-35 program is grappling with a parts management issue in its currently fielded version of the aircraft’s Automated Logistics Information System (ALIS) software, according to key […]

Cyber information sharing is critically important in helping to begin addressing cybersecurity threats, the commander of U.S. Cyber Command and head of the National Security Agency (NSA) said Tuesday. “If […]

The Pentagon on Wednesday ordered Oshkosh [OSK] to cease work on the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV), pending a protest by losing competitor Lockheed Martin [LMT]. Oshkosh on Aug. 24 […]

The Pentagon’s planned shock tests of the Navy’s newest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), could cause its first deployment to be delayed up to two years, a […]

The F-35 program will triple its aircraft production and fielding rate by 2019, which is giving Program Executive Officer (PEO) Air Force Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan pause, he said Wednesday. […]

Pentagon acquisition chief Frank Kendall has heard the criticism of a draft acquisition rule that would further define what constitutes a “commercial item,” and agrees that it needs to be […]

Less than two weeks after the Army and Marine Corps awarded Oshkosh Defense [OSK] a $6.7 billion low-rate initial production contract for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, Lockheed Martin [LMT] […]

Italy’s first F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) made its inaugural flight on Monday, marking the first time the jet has ever been flown outside of the United States. The plane—which […]