Air Force

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 […]

By Emelie Rutherford Following previous delays, Air Force officials stood by plans yesterday for releasing a streamlined solicitation for the KC-X aerial-refueling tanker to two industry teams next month. "The […]

By Emelie Rutherford A key Navy-focused committee in Congress soon will receive new leadership, following the death of Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) on Tuesday and retirement of Sen. Mel Martinez […]

By Emelie Rutherford A panel finalizing a report on alternatives for future NASA human spaceflight has decided on four options it will present the White House, with only one of those scenarios calling […]

By Emelie Rutherford Leading defense appropriator Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) said Monday he will support removing funding for passenger jets not sought by the Pentagon from the fiscal year 2010 […]

By Emelie Rutherford Concerns about the cost of developing a simplified version of the F-22 fighter jet for allied nations is thwarting some top lawmakers from trying to lift a […]

By Geoff Fein ATK [ATK] is expecting its composite technology business to continue to grow for both the commercial airline industry and military systems and the company is making significant […]

By Emelie Rutherford The House dealt a major blow to the waning effort to extend production of F-22s yesterday by stripping from the fiscal year 2010 defense appropriations bill, by […]

By Emelie Rutherford Lead defense appropriators continued to distance themselves from supporting extended production of the F-22 fighter jet yesterday, as House-Senate negotiators prepared to battle over funding for the […]

By Ann Roosevelt The Air Force this fall will select either Northrop Grumman [NOC] or Raytheon [RTN] in the competition for the Air Force’s Global Positioning System (GPS) Next Generation […]