Air Force

The Air Force could launch a Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite with only a navigation payload and without a nuclear detonation detection payload to provide a “fairly inexpensive” satellite, according […]

The Air Force’s Defense Enterprise Accounting and Management System (DEAMS) is 7.5 years behind schedule and its original lifecycle cost estimate has more than quintupled to over $2 billion, according […]

U.S. Cyber Command’s (CYBERCOM) Air Force component could add “well over” 1,000 jobs, largely civilian, in the next two years to help the service and the combatant command bolster their […]

The Air Force is currently planning for “longer-term” budget uncertainty, including potential sequestration in March, two of the service’s leaders wrote Monday. Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Larry […]

General Dynamics [GD] and Finmeccanica’s Alenia Aermacchi is the latest team to declare its bid for the Air Force’s T-X trainer jet program, according to a General Dynamics statement.  The […]

The United States may not send Air Force CV-22s to Japan after all. The Pentagon yesterday clarified remarks Air Force Secretary Michael Donley said Friday regarding deploying CV-22s to Japan. […]

The Air Force likely has more than it needs in its tactical airlift fleet, which means it could be targeted for future right-sizing, according to the service’s comptroller. Air Force […]

The Air Force variant of Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] F-35 Joint Strike Fighter finished November more than 30 percent behind planned baseline flight sciences test points for 2012, according to the […]

The Air Force is starting to nail down the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s costs-per-flying-hour because the service is getting actual data now that the jet is out of training. “I […]

The Air Force Friday successfully live-fired an Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) with a Nammo-manufactured rocket motor, clearing the last hurdle for prime contractor Raytheon [RTN] to introduce the revamped […]