Another Fine. The Federal Aviation Administration last Thursday said it has fined Boeing $6.6 million related to regulatory compliance and enforcement actions. The agency assessed a $5.4 million penalty against the aerospace and defense company for failing to meet obligations under a 2015 ...
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Fireside Chats. U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Charles Q. Brown is to kick off the Air Force Association’s 2021 Virtual Aerospace Warfare Symposium (VAWS) next Wednesday in a fireside chat on the future of the service with Mackenzie Eaglen, a national security analyst at the American Enterprise ...
F-35A Engines. The U.S. Air Force’s Air Combat Command (ACC) said that it is working with the F-35 Joint Program Office and Pratt & Whitney to resolve supply and maintenance issues with Pratt’s F135 engine for the F-35A, as such engines have had to enter maintenance earlier than ...
The Biden administration is already engaging with a private sector-led national security advisory group on telecommunications and information technology issues and plans to continue to work “hand-in-glove” with industry on cyber security matters, a White House official said on Wednesday. The ...
Win, Lose, Win. After first winning the contract, then losing it following protests by losing bidders, Amentum’s DynCorp International business unit once again has won a potential $1.3 billion contract to provide aviation maintenance and logistics services to Customs and Border Protection. If it ...
Future NCA Weapons. The Air Force procurement of existing weapons, such as the Boeing GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb, generally allows little deviation for the addition of new capabilities so it looks as if the Air Force will likely look more to adding networked, collaborative and autonomous (NCA) ...