Air Force

House members will try to kill a special fund for emergency war-related spending in the annual Pentagon spending bill when the House debates it next month. Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) […]

Northrop Grumman [NOC] and Finmeccanica’s SELEX Galileo said they have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly pursue the international directional infrared countermeasures (DIRCM) market.  Capitalizing on their unique […]

In a surprise move, Lockheed Martin [LMT] is turning to its maritime sector chief to work on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), a troubled program the company has bet […]

The White House threatened to veto the $530 billion Pentagon budget the House is debating over funding cuts, added monies for a cargo aircraft, and policy provisions. The House began debating […]

European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. (EADS) and its divisions Cassidian and Astrium in Germany, Spain, France and the United Kingdom yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)with Turkish Aerospace […]

At the Paris Air Show yesterday, MBDA unveiled the CVS 401 Persues concept missile system representing the Concept Visions group’s vision of a multi-role strike weapon system for 2030 and […]

An unarmed operational test of the Minuteman III ICBM is scheduled for today from Vandenberg AFB, Calif. The missile’s single vehicle is expected to travel approximately 4,200 miles to a […]

The Senate voted 100-0 yesterday to confirm Leon Panetta as the next defense secretary. Panetta has directed the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) since Feb. 13, 2009. He previously served as […]

  Teledyne Brown Engineering Inc. [TDY] yesterday said it finalized its strategic alliance agreement with Aerojet-General Corp. [GY] to cooperate in the development and production of propulsion systems for launch […]

Due to repeated development and delivery delays, House appropriators have slashed over $400 million from the Navy and the Air Force’s weapons procurement fiscal year 2012 request for the Advanced […]