Air Force

By Emelie Rutherford Pentagon leadership agreed this week to spend $50 million on parts for four future F-22 jet fighters, instead of obligating $140 million in advanced funding for 20 […]

By Emelie Rutherford A group of senators sent Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England a letter this week criticizing what they said is a Pentagon proposal to scale back on planning […]

By Ann Roosevelt This week a Unity of Effort Seminar–Interagency and Military Planning–is under way in McLean, Va., part of a year long series of events in the Army’s Title […]

By Emelie Rutherford Four leading defense authorizers called on the Pentagon yesterday to spend money included in the fiscal year 2009 defense authorization and appropriations acts to allow for possible […]

By Emelie Rutherford Sen. Ted Stevens’ departure from the post as Senate Appropriations Defense subcommittee (SAC-D) ranking member has generated uncertainly about the fate of initiatives including national missile defense […]

By Emelie Rutherford Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii), the head of a key defense panel in Congress, said he plans to push next session for instituting capital budgeting at the Pentagon […]

By Emelie Rutherford An adviser to Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) said the concept of a dual buy for the Air Force’s aerial refueling tanker competition has merit, […]

Boeing [BA] yesterday said it has agreed to acquire Federated Software Group, an engineering and software services firm that helps the Defense Department track and distribute equipment and personnel. The […]

The Air Force Research Laboratory yesterday issued a long-term Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) seeking research proposals in six focus areas related to cyber defense. Despite the fact that the Air […]

By Emelie Rutherford Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) has made no conclusions regarding the heated two-way competition for the Air Force aerial refueling tanker contract, though if elected […]