Air Force

The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) detailed on Friday the funding cuts and reforms it is seeking–to efforts including the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) and presidential helicopter–in the fiscal year […]

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) this spring began an investigation into potential anti-competitive practices on the part of space launch services provider United Launch Alliance (ULA) and rocket engine supplier […]

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) yesterday denied Beechcraft’s protest of the Air Force’s $427 million Light Air Support (LAS) contract award to Sierra Nevada Defense Corp. (SNC) LAS is an […]

The Pentagon’s acquisition chief, Frank Kendall, said Thursday the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program is on track to ramp up production as planned in in two years “unless there is […]

The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) approved a defense policy bill Thursday that supports the Pentagon’s request for buying F-35 Joint Strike Fighters and Littoral Combat Ships (LCSs), while scaling […]

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 […]

A number of contractors have reasserted their intention to bid on Air Force Space Command’s (AFSPC) multi-billion dollar Launch and Test Range System Integrated Support Contract (LISC). The trio of […]

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) […]