Air Force
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Air ForceDoD Appeals Vehicle, Ship Cuts In Auth Bills
By Emelie Rutherford The Pentagon, in a second round of appeals to defense authorization legislation, is pushing back on lawmakers’ cuts to its requests for a new Humvee-replacement vehicle, ship […]
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SAC OK’s Defense Approps With Many DoD-Sought Cuts, More M-ATVs
By Emelie Rutherford A key Senate panel approved Pentagon spending legislation yesterday that heeds many of the Obama administration’s big program cuts while also boosting funds for additional mine-proof vehicles […]
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Marines To Bell-Boeing: Fix V-22 Readiness Problems By 2011
By Marina Malenic RIDLEY PARK, Pa.–With criticism of V-22 Osprey operational costs and readiness rates mounting in Washington, the Marine Corps has asked contractors Bell Helicopter Textron [TXT] and Boeing […]
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SAC-D Backs C-17s, Sides With DoD On Kills Including F-35 2nd Engine
By Emelie Rutherford A Senate panel unveiled a defense appropriations bill yesterday that all but assures continued C-17 aircraft production while leaving the F-35’s alternate engine, F-22 jet, and VH-71 […]
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Historic Change: French General Takes Command At NATO ACT
By Ann Roosevelt French Air Force Gen. St�phane Abrial yesterday became Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (SACT), leading one of two NATO strategic commands and previously led by U.S. commanders. Abrial […]
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Pratt Prepares To Counter GE Fixed-Price Gambit On F-35 Engine
By Marina Malenic Responding to competitive pressure from a rival engine manufacturing team, the producer of the main engine for the Defense Department’s newest fighter jet will also offer the […]
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F-35 Second Engine Foes Back Possible Presidential Veto
By Emelie Rutherford Lawmakers siding with the Obama administration in its opposition to a second alternate engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter said they would support President Obama if […]
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Boeing Backers On Hill: WTO Subsidy Finding Impacts Tanker Contest
By Emelie Rutherford Boeing [BA] supporters in Congress argued last Friday that as the Pentagon prepares to release the solicitation for the Air Force tanker it cannot ignore the World […]
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GE, Rolls-Royce Look To Align With Acquisition Reformers In Fixed Price Engine Offer
By Marina Malenic and Emelie Rutherford General Electric [GE] and Rolls-Royce are seeking to win over critics of the plan to purchase an alternate engine for the Pentagon’s newest fighter […]
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JASSM Testing Beginning Within The Month; AF Optimistic
By Emelie Rutherford The Air Force said last week late-stage testing will begin within the next month on a reliability-challenged cruise missile, which unavoidably will experience a production line shutdown […]