Air Force

AeroVironment (AV) [AVAV] yesterday said it has accomplished a technical milestone never before achieved: the controlled hovering flight of an air vehicle system with two flapping wings that carries its […]

By Emelie Rutherford An official overseeing the purchase of new all-terrain mine-resistant trucks said yesterday he is "pretty confident" Oshkosh Corp. [OSK] will build all 5,244 planned vehicles over the […]

By Emelie Rutherford The House and a Senate panel defied the White House yesterday and authorized adding money to the Pentagon’s policy bill for F-22 fighter jets and a second […]

By Emelie Rutherford Congress will likely approve more F-22s than the Pentagon requested and also should intervene in the Air Force tanker contract’s structure, the head of a congressional defense panel […]

By Emelie Rutherford The Senate in a 91-5 vote last night granted final approval to a $106 billion supplemental war-funding bill that adds funding for cargo planes and armored vehicles […]

By Emelie Rutherford Pushing back at the Pentagon’s plans to shut down F-22 production after 187 jets, a House panel yesterday authorized the purchase of parts for 12 more aircraft […]

By Emelie Rutherford The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) marked up the fiscal year 2010 defense authorization bill yesterday, spending most of the daylight hours debating unsuccessful Republican attempts to […]

By Ann Roosevelt U.S. Joint Forces Command (JFCOM) is creating a National Program For Small Unit Excellence in response to the demands of the Afghanistan strategy that emphasizes small high- […]

The Joint Program Executive Office Joint Tactical Radio System (JPEO JTRS) last week announced that the Wideband Networking Waveform (WNW), a critical capability of the JTRS, successfully demonstrated its validated […]

By Emelie Rutherford House authorization panels recommended last Friday changing cost controls for Navy littoral ships, prodding the service to enter into multiyear contracts, and adding monies to the Pentagon’s […]