Air Force

The head of the military’s Cyber Command yesterday disclosed that the Defense Department is in the process of creating and training its core set of teams that would operate in […]

Keeping the F-35’s development program healthy in this age of budget uncertainty is probably the Defense Department’s biggest priority, according to key Air Force general. Office of the Assistant Secretary […]

Northrop Grumman [NOC] in February completed a successful exchange of radar data during a flight test involving the Air Force’s E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS, JSTARS) […]

Despite being on the right path, the F-35’s affordability, or the ability to acquire aircraft in quantity and to sustain them over the life cycle, is of paramount concern, the […]

Members of the Kansas congressional delegation want a “thorough, compelling explanation” from the Defense Department on why the Air Force awarded the $427.5 million Light Air Support (LAS) contract to […]

A joint French and Italian crew March 6 operating two French Air Force Surface-To-Air-Missile Platform/Terrain (SAMP/T) units successfully scored in a test against a ballistic missile threat, for the first […]

Beechcraft protested with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) Friday the Air Force’s recent award of a $427 million contract to Sierra Nevada Defense Corp. (SNC) to provide 20 of Brazilian […]

The limitations, workarounds and flight restrictions in place on the F-35A at this early stage of its development substantially limit its utility of training, the Defense Department’s chief weapons tester […]

Slowing the production of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters because of the automatic government budget cuts that took effect last week could cause the price of its engines to rise and […]

Budget inflexibility due to sequestration budget cuts and an extended continuing resolution (CR) could cause the Air Force to re-open its next-generation KC-46 aerial refueling tanker contract with Boeing [BA]. […]