Air Force

The Air Force said Wednesday it awarded Pratt & Whitney [UTX] a $30 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract modification for its proposed development program to improve the performance of […]

The Air Force seeks information from industry as it formulates contract approaches for combining a potential Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) Military Ka-band/Commercial Ka-band airborne SATCOM terminal system, according to a […]

The Air Force is soliciting information from industry to assist in planning for the procurement of its Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar (3DELRR) engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) phase and beyond, […]

The Defense Department recently awarded Boeing [BA] a $2 billion follow-on contract for the C-17 Globemaster III Integrated Sustainment Program (GISP), according to a company statement. The GISP is a […]

The Air Force awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] a $108 million low-rate initial production (LRIP) contract Sept. 28 to provide its fleet of B-2 stealth bombers with new high-speed processing subsystems, […]

Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) chief Gen. William Shelton has ordered an Accident Investigation Board (AIB) to investigate why an upper stage engine on a Delta IV RL-10B-2 rocket did […]

Boeing [BA] completed a combined preliminary design (PDR) and critical design review (CDR) for the Air Force’s next-generation command and control system for strategic nuclear forces, according to a company […]

An unexpected “data signature” with the upper stage engine on a Delta IV rocket caused the launch of the Air Force’s Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF-3 satellite to experience a […]

Northrop Grumman [NOC] said it successfully completed payload integration and the ambient functional test of the Air Force’s Space Based Infrared System’s (SBIRS) third highly elliptical orbit (HEO-3) payload. "The […]

CAPE CANAVERAL AFS, Fla.–The third of 12 Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellites Boeing [BA] is developing for the Air Force is ready to be launched this morning at 8:10 a.m. […]