Air Force

The military aircraft industrial base should remain in “good shape” despite ongoing market pressures, but could be harmed by reduced defense spending for future procurement and research and development, according […]

A new government-watchdog group is asking the congressional deficit-cutting committee to avoid across-the-board Pentagon budget reductions and instead re-examine big-ticket weapons programs. David Williams, president of the new Taxpayers Protection […]

Army Gen. Martin Dempsey was sworn in as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff  Sept. 30, setting the stage for a nearly entirely new team leading the Department of […]

ATK [ATK] yesterday said it  received an order valued at more than $58.7 million to produce multiple variants of 20mm PGU-series ammunition. The contract, from the Army Contracting Command, Direct […]

MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va.— The Air Force by the end of this year is expected to issue its final request for proposal (RFP) for its next generation long-range radar […]

The Pentagon’s fiscal year 2012 budget likely won’t be hashed out until late November at the earliest, as the House is poised to vote on two short-term government funding measures […]

A House panel is warning that large Pentagon budget cuts, which could come if lawmakers fail to reach a deficit-cutting plan, would significantly impact funding for maneuver battalions, fighter wings, […]

Much of the best technology will take too long and be overly costly to develop while there is a need for advances that can be applied in the near future, […]

BAE Systems and Northrop Grumman [NOC] yesterday said they have formed a strategic partnership to compete in the Air Force’s T-X program for the replacement of the aging T-38 trainer […]

Government auditors said the debate over continuing the ill-fated F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s (JSF) alternate engine would be better informed if the Pentagon updated its cost assessments. A recently completed […]