Air Force

The Air Force has authorized Raytheon [RTN] to begin low-rate initial-production for the variant of the Miniature Air Launched Decoy (MALD) that will be equipped with radar-jamming capability, the company […]

Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) leaders worked yesterday on clearing a package of amendments to the Pentagon policy bill for quick approval, as the chamber prepared to vote on advancing the […]

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 […]

The NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency (NAMSA) earlier this month awarded MBDA a contract to destroy 36,000 complex munitions. The value of the work was not revealed. Under the contract, […]

The Air Force has transferred munitions squadrons responsible for nuclear mission support from Materiel Command to Global Strike Command, the service said yesterday. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton […]

The Air Force is slated to announce in December an award to build about 20 aircraft being procured for the Afghan government under the Light Air Support (LAS) program, Air […]

South Korea has opened a competition to supply Airborne Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radars to its fleet of 134 F-16s, and Raytheon [RTN] and Northrop Grumman [NOC] are lined up […]

President Barack Obama said last night he would veto legislation Republican lawmakers have vowed to introduce that would quash automatic Pentagon budget cuts triggered by a panel’s failure to craft a […]

The Senate will face more than 200 amendments to the defense policy bill, including one curtailing cost-type Pentagon contracts, when it restarts debate on the measure next week. The chamber […]

The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says he must not only provide what service men and women need to achieve national security goals in Iraq, Afghanistan and around […]