Budget
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Air ForceBoeing, Saab Teaming For Air Force’s T-X Trainer Program
Boeing [BA] and Sweden’s Saab AB are teaming to bid for the Air Force’s multi-billion dollar T-X trainer program, Boeing said Friday in a statement. The two companies signed a […]
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Air ForceAir Force Decommissions CHIRP
Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (AFSMC) decommissioned the Commercially Hosted Infrared Payload (CHIRP) December 6, according to a service statement. The CHIRP sensor, designed and built by Leidos […]
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Air ForceDoD Should Reexamine Intelligence Community Spending, Former Air Force Chief Says
The Defense Department should reexamine its return on investment with its intelligence agency spending before it slashes spending from critical accounts, according to a former Air Force chief of staff. […]
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BudgetULA Readies For Friday’s NROL-39 Launch
United Launch Alliance (ULA) predicted as of Tuesday morning a 20 percent chance of favorable weather conditions for Friday’s National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) NROL-39 satellite launch from Vandenberg AFB, Calif., […]
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BudgetPentagon Contractor Jobs Will Be Hardest Hit, Hagel Says
Detailing his plans to lower costs by 20 percent at senior levels of the Pentagon by the end of the decade, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Wednesday he expects that […]
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BudgetChristine Fox Named Acting Deputy Defense Secretary
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced Tuesday that Christine Fox, former director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, would serve as the acting deputy secretary of defense until a permanent successor […]
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Air ForceEmbraer To Start Light Air Support Assembly In January
Embraer [ERJ] will start assembling its A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft for the Air Force’s Light Air Support (LAS) program in January, according to a Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) […]
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Air ForceNorthrop Grumman Helps Demonstrate Virtual Air Refueling Across Multiple Locations
Northrop Grumman [NOC] successfully conducted a high-fidelity virtual aerial refueling demonstration, networking geographically-dispersed flight simulators and providing a realistic simulation of an air-to-air refueling process, according to a company statement. […]
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BudgetWes Bush: Cuts to R&D Will Hinder Economic Growth, Rendering Sequester Pointless
Industry and academia came together Monday morning to reinforce their message that sequestration’s impact on government-funded research and development is harmful to all sectors now and in the future, and […]
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BudgetSpaceX Schedules Tuesday For Third SES-8 Launch Attempt
The Air Force scheduled today for Space Exploration Technologies Corp.’s (SpaceX) third attempt to launch the SES-8 communications satellite into orbit, according to a service spokeswoman. The company said Monday […]