Air Force

BAE Systems is completing Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP) on its Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) and expects to be awarded a Full-Rate Production (FRP) contract “in a couple months,” […]

The Air Force will issue a request for proposals in the spring for an alternate source for the Family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals (FAB-T) and plans to be on […]

Sierra Nevada Corp. is still aiming for the April 2013 delivery date for the first aircraft called for under the Air Force’s Light Air Support contract despite being held up […]

House lawmakers who craft the defense budget are voicing concerns about the Pentagon’s proposal to cancel a variant of the Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and […]

The Airborne Laser Test Bed (ALTB), which achieved a historic first shooting down a boosting ballistic missile, demonstrating a directed energy weapon could be used for missile defense, now heads […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] unveiled a new variant of the F-16 yesterday at the Singapore Airshow, according to a company statement. The new variant, the F-16V, will feature enhancements including an […]

As Pentagon leaders defended their budget that ignores a potential half trillion dollar cut in spending reductions, a key senator argued the administration’s fiscal year 2013 proposal renders those cuts moot. […]

The Air Force is delaying production of the T-X advanced jet trainer, its acquisition executive said yesterday. Air Force Service Acquisition Executive David Van Buren told an audience at an […]

The Pentagon unveiled yesterday its fiscal year 2013 budget proposal–which includes a restructuring of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program–giving lawmakers details on proposed weapons changes they will challenge starting today. […]

The Air Force’s fiscal year 2013 procurement request is $37.1 billion, $2.6 billion less than the amount enacted for FY ’12. The Defense Department is requesting $613.9 billion for overall […]