Air Force officials are looking to make a contract award to replace the aging E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft in fiscal year 2023, a sources-sought notice published today shows.
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Briana Reilly was a Pentagon emerging tech reporter until December 2022. She previously covered the Air Force for Inside Defense after joining the publication in June 2021. Before that, she spent five years covering state politics and government in Wisconsin for The Capital Times and WisPolitics.com.
Air Force officials are looking to make a contract award to replace the aging E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft in fiscal year 2023, a sources-sought notice published today shows.
Space Operations Command has cleared the fifth geosynchronous-orbit Space Based Infrared System satellite for operational use after officials recently accepted the Lockheed Martin-built spacecraft.
Four former aviators-turned-House-lawmakers have launched a new Mach 1 Caucus to advocate for military air power needs and, one member said, serve as "a Rosetta Stone" by translating what's happening in the Pentagon and across the defense industry for fellow members of Congress.
The Senate on Wednesday confirmed two of President Biden's appointees for top Pentagon posts.
The F-15EX has logged its first live-fire missile test, the Air Force announced this week.
The Space Force is looking to collect industry feedback on a host of capabilities ranging from defensive cyber operations to network architecture as officials seek to meet an Air Force leadership directive surrounding the service’s readiness for moving to a wartime posture against a peer competitor.
The Pentagon's new chief digital and artificial intelligence office has reached initial operating capability and gained an acting leader in John Sherman, the Defense Department's chief information officer, officials announced today.
The F-35 Joint Program Office announced this week it has completed its initial rollout of Operational Data Integrated Network hardware, a key step in transitioning away from the notoriously unreliable Autonomic Logistics Information System.
Air Force officials want industry feedback on improving mobile targeting and acquiring passive air base defense capabilities -- areas that represent two of service Secretary Frank Kendall's seven operational imperatives.
The Air Force is seeking sources to transition to the engineering and manufacturing development phase of its advanced engine program as officials consider the potential of outfitting the F-35A with a new, complete propulsion system.
As Boeing’s T-7 chief test pilot continues logging flights and checking off outstanding test points for the company’s new tactical trainer jet to replace the aging T-38, the company is preparing to incorporate its engineering and manufacturing development aircraft into the demonstrations later this year.
Lockheed Martin announced today it plans to build its offering for the Air Force's KC-Y bridge tanker competition in Mobile, AL, and Marietta, GA, should its LMXT aircraft win the service's contract.
The Space Force wants feedback from industry to inform the government's development of its acquisition strategy surrounding the next phase of Launch Service Procurements.
A new report from the office of the Pentagon's chief weapons tester criticizes the F-35 program's rollout of its Block 4 capabilities, finding officials have failed to complete "adequate operational testing" before fielding "immature, deficient and insufficiently tested mission systems software" to the existing fleet.
Northrop Grumman is aiming to go after two forthcoming classified drone efforts the Air Force plans to include in its fiscal year 2023 budget request, with the company's chief executive saying today that executives "see those as opportunities that we will pursue."
The head of the Air Force's Warfare Center said the E-7A Wedgetail's involvement in the recently kicked-off Red Flag exercise could help "feed into the lessons" the service reviews as officials look at moving forward with buying the aircraft as a replacement for the aging E-3 Sentry fleet.
Boeing reported today that its KC-46 tanker program saw a $402 million pre-tax charge in the final quarter of 2021, according to a breakdown of the company's Q4 results. (UPDATED)
The Defense Information Systems Agency has awarded a $6.8 million contract to Booz Allen Hamilton to build a Thunderdome zero-trust environment prototype, the agency announced in a news release today.
A Lockheed Martin executive said today that finding consensus on a cost baseline with the Pentagon surrounding the next F-35 production contract has "proven more difficult than we expected."
Raytheon Technologies' chief executive told analysts during a quarterly earnings call today that he hopes the company will "have some interesting opportunities" to partner with the Air Force this year on defensive systems against hypersonics.