Air Force

By Ann Roosevelt Empire Challenge 09, the sixth annual live joint and coalition intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) interoperability demonstration, is under way focusing on providing ISR support to warfighters […]

By Calvin Biesecker Lockheed Martin [LMT] yesterday said it has agreed to acquire Florida-based Gyrocam Systems LLC, a developer and supplier of gyrostablized optical surveillance systems mainly for use on […]

By Emelie Rutherford The House’s lead defense budget writer unveiled a $508 billion Pentagon spending proposal yesterday that funds two aircraft efforts the White House has dubbed veto bait along […]

By Emelie Rutherford The Senate set aside a contentious vote on buying F-22 jets because of a battle over unrelated legislation yesterday, while the White House again dubbed funds in […]

By Emelie Rutherford The Senate is expected to cast a delayed vote as soon as today on striking F-22 fighter jet funding from the Pentagon policy bill, and both sides […]

By Emelie Rutherford The Senate is expected to vote by mid-day today on an proposal to strike from the defense authorization bill funds for buying seven F-22 fighter jets the […]

By Calvin Biesecker Suppliers and contractors in the United States are capable of meeting the nation’s needs for solid rocket motors (SRM) but challenges remain, including the need for increased […]

By Emelie Rutherford Senate debate on whether to keep funding in the Pentagon policy bill for aircraft efforts opposed by the Obama administration could start as soon as this week. […]

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 […]