Air Force

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 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 […]

The Air Force is concluding a series of “night flights” at Edwards AFB, Calif., that test the F-35’s capability when flying in instrument meteorological conditions–when pilots have no external visibility […]

Raytheon [RTN] recently edged out Lockheed Martin [LMT] for an Air Force contract potentially worth $260 million to produce up to 18 Deployable Radar Approach Control (D-RAPCON) systems. D-RAPCON is […]

Boeing [BA] May 24 said it has received the first on-orbit signals from the fifth Wideband Global SATCOM satellite (WGS-5) it is delivering to the Air Force. The satellite is […]

The Air Force will deliver an initial operational capability (IOC) notice to Congress for the F-35A next week, a significant milestone in a key Defense Department program. Air Force spokesman […]