Air Force

Lockheed Martin [LMT] has delivered the first Senior Scout signals intelligence system configured for the C-130J to the Air Force, the company said yesterday. The first of four Senior Scout […]

NASA programs need to be consistently supported to keep costs stable on programs associated with national security, Michael Gass, the president and chief executive of United Launch Alliance, said yesterday. […]

Moving into 2012, a number of important electronic warfare programs are moving forward,  an ITT Exelis [XLS] executive said. “There’s no place I’d rather be in the defense world than […]

The first commander of the U.K. Joint Forces Command has taken up the job: Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach took over Dec. 1. Peach will be responsible for commanding […]

The Air Force has extended Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] engineering support contract for the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite program. The $312 million contract modification that runs through the end […]

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) warned yesterday if the Pentagon does not force Lockheed Martin [LMT] to pay for a greater portion of cost overruns with the next F-35 Joint Strike […]

The General Electric [GE]-Rolls-Royce partnership developing the second F-35 Joint Strike Fighter engine said Friday they will abandon the project at the end of the year. “The GE Rolls-Royce Fighter […]

Under the threat of a budget sequestration and a push for general deficit reduction, the Defense Department is entering a period of a defense build down that will have a […]

Northrop Grumman [NOC] yesterday said it was awarded a $5.75 million contract from the Air Force to provide research and development for the Modular Architecture for Signal-processing, Tracking and Exploitation […]

Boeing [BA] has received a contract from the Air Force to upgrade the visual systems in the F-15C mission training centers, the company said yesterday. The 12 training centers will […]