Air Force

The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress Nov. 8 of a possible $74 million Foreign Military Sale to Peru work on two C-130E aircraft and associated equipment and support. […]

The Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] $46.6 million in contract options to begin upgrades to 29 long range radars designed to provide advanced warning and air traffic control […]

The Air Force has awarded Raytheon [RTN] a $31 million contract to design new devices for encrypting and transmitting voice and data traffic, the company said yesterday. Raytheon said it […]

A Senate committee investigation found myriad instances of suspected counterfeit parts in weapon systems including military aircraft, and it leaders want the defense industry to contribute more for replacement parts. […]

The KC-46A aerial refueling tanker is on target to meet its next milestone in the spring of 2012, Boeing’s [BA] chief of military aircraft said last week. “It’s met all […]

The Air Force aired its objections yesterday to changes lawmakers are trying to make to its plans for its B-1, B-2, and B-52 bombers in the current fiscal year’s budget. […]

The Pentagon held two days of talks with Lockheed Martin [LMT] this week to present its “should-cost” estimate for the fifth low-rate initial production (LRIP) phase for the F-35 Joint […]

The military service chiefs gave dire warnings yesterday about cuts to weapons programs and harm to the defense industrial base coming if congressional inaction spurs roughly $1 trillion in Pentagon budget […]

Senior Pentagon officials warned Congress yesterday that budget reductions for nuclear weapons modernization and life extension programs could be detrimental to the U.S. strategic deterrence. “While we recognize that fiscal […]

Declining numbers of nuclear weapons in the U.S. arsenal makes it even more critical to maintain the sea-, land- and air-based delivery systems that make up the “triad” of the […]