Air Force

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) agrees with the Air Force’s request to retire a number of aging bomber aircraft in the fiscal year 2021 defense authorization bill, but will […]

The House Armed Services Strategic Forces Subcommittee wants to see a report on the nascent Space Development Agency (SDA)’s plans to procure commercial services, particularly for the “top priorities” of […]

Plans for the Space Force to award two launch services contracts for its next batch of national security space missions this summer remain on track, the Space and Missile Systems […]

Congressional committees have long been waiting for a finalized version of a report on space acquisition alternatives to be submitted by the Department of the Air Force, and a senior […]

The Senate Armed Services Committee’s markup of the Fiscal Year 2021 defense authorization bill included a number of directives related to the military space portfolio. However, it lacks expected provisions […]

The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) would like to increase the number of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters procured in its markup of the fiscal year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act […]

The Air Force has decided along with the Pentagon’s director of operational test and evaluation that the KC-46A Pegasus tanker program’s initial operational test and evaluation (IOT&E) period will conclude […]

The Air Force will soon have a business case to support a novel method to develop next-generation fighter jets more quickly and efficiently, the service’s acquisition czar said June 9. […]

The Senate confirmed Air Force Gen. Charles Brown to become the next chief of staff June 9 by a vote of 98-0, ensuring that Brown becomes the first African-American to […]

The B61-12 nuclear gravity bomb the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is building will work with the Boeing [BA]-built F-15E Strike Eagle, the Sandia National Laboratories said last week. “Sandia […]