Air Force

By Geoff Fein While there is considerable public awareness concerning the Air Force’s new KC(X) tanker program, especially after yesterday’s decision by DoD to recompete the program, what is not […]

By Marina Malenic and Emelie Rutherford The Pentagon will hold a new, expedited competition for a disputed Air Force tanker aircraft contract, with Defense Department officials now in charge of […]

By Marina Malenic and Emelie Rutherford Defense Secretary Robert Gates said yesterday that he would soon announce a decision on whether the Air Force will rebid a tanker aircraft contract […]

By Emelie Rutherford Army and Air Force brass met yesterday to start developing a common concept of operations (CONOPS) for unmanned aircraft used in joint operations across the full spectrum […]

AeroVironment Inc. [AVAV] recently said the U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) has selected Puma AE as its All Environment Capable Variant (AECV) for its Small Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) requirement […]

By Ann Roosevelt U.S. Joint Forces Command (JFCOM) is the voice of the services when it comes to joint command and control(C2), according to a command official. "We are the […]

Missile Defense Agency Tests A Plane-Based Missile Defense System Obering Seeks U.S.-European Missile Defense Test Area; U.S., NATO Radar Systems Swap Data; More Links Seen Shifting interceptors for a proposed […]

Interceptors in the planned European Missile Defense (EMD) system can be deployed on time in 2013 if Congress provides sufficient funding, though any requirement that a test- article interceptor be […]

By Ann Roosevelt VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.–In the battleground of ideas in the world today, it’s vital to launch new ideas to ensure the nation is as strong in the 21st […]

By Emelie Rutherford While the departure of the Air Force’s two top leaders begins today, the schedule for the confirmation of the pair’s recommended replacements remained unclear yesterday, just as […]