Air Force

The House Appropriations Committee (HAC) approved a $512.5 billion defense appropriations bill Wednesday that trims $3.4 billion from the Pentagon’s proposed budget, faces opposition from the White House, and cuts […]

The Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $34.2 million foreign military sale (FMS) contract to support additional integration of the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) onto Finnish Air Force […]

A Senate panel wants to authorize the Pentagon to spend nearly all of the funding it requested in fiscal year 2014 for Army and Air Force weapons programs and naval […]

The Air Force has postponed its potential $30 billion T-X trainer jet competition due to higher priorities and budget constraints, according to a service spokesman. A request for proposals (RFP) […]

The Air Force said yesterday it awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] a potential $115 million contract to provide a total of 38 radar systems to Thailand and Iraq. Northrop Grumman will […]

The Pentagon now believes the redevelopment costs for the first five production lots of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter will cost $500 million less than a previous projection, according to […]

Raytheon’s [RTN] demonstration unit for the Air Force’s Deployable Radar Approach Control (D-RAPCON) program was likely crucial to securing the service’s $50.6 million contract, according to a company executive. Raytheon […]

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) is calling for changes to ship, vehicle and missile-defense plans, while rejecting a move to limit F-35 Joint Strike Fighter funding, in the fiscal […]

Defense budget-setters in the House want to cut $1.85 billion from the Pentagon’s budget request for developing and buying weapon systems. The House Appropriations Defense subcommittee (HAC-D) released on Tuesday […]

The Defense Department said Friday the Marine Corps’ F-35B variant will reach initial operational capability (IOC) by December 2015, while the Air Force’s F-35A variant will follow a year later and the Navy’s […]