Air Force

The Air Force has eliminated Hawker Beechcraft’s AT-6 from the bidding process under the Light Air Support (LAS) program, the company said last week, adding that it had formally requested […]

The Senate took up the Pentagon policy bill yesterday, passing an airlift-requirement amendment during debate largely focused on detainee provisions that prompted the White House to threaten to veto the […]

The Defense Department (DoD) yesterday said the first flight test of the Advanced Hypersonic Weapon (AHW) concept vehicle was successfully conducted yesterday by Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces […]

The Air Force has awarded Raytheon [RTN] a $24 million competitive contract to deliver laser-guided bomb kits, the company said yesterday. The Paveway II components are designed to transform “dumb” […]

Lockheed Martin’s [LMT]  Airborne and Maritime/Fixed station Joint Tactical Radio System (AMF JTRS) is demonstrating the maturity of the complex system installed on a Boeing [BA] AH-64 Apache helicopter at […]

Raytheon [RTN] said yesterday that the warhead for its Small Diameter Bomb II under development for the Air Force exceeded expectations in a recent test. The test was the first […]

The United States and the Philippines are updating the mutual defense treaty signed in 1951, and in a new era offers new challenges but new opportunities, the Secretary of State […]

Northrop Grumman [NOC] said that it has recently completed on schedule the preliminary design review (PDR) for its modular space vehicle (MSV), bringing it to the critical design review stage […]

The Senate could debate the delayed Pentagon policy bill as soon as this week, after the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) revised the legislation yesterday by cutting $21 billion in funding […]

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned yesterday that if the Pentagon receives the largest-possible budget cuts, weapon programs including the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the next-generation bomber, the Littoral Combat Ship, […]