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The Joint Requirements Oversight Council has decided the Defense Department does not need an executive agent for unmanned aerial vehicles, putting to rest a dispute between the Air Force, which sought to assume that title, and the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, which strongly opposed the idea.
A U-2 crashed Tuesday in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility and the pilot flying the surveillance aircraft was killed, according to the Air Force.
The European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company announced today that it has selected an industrial site in Mobile, AL, to build an Airbus tanker, the KC-330, for the U.S. Air Force, if it is selected by the service to recapitalize the aging aerial refueling fleet.
President Bush has nominated Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Michael Moseley to be the service's next chief, the Pentagon announced today.
The Defense Department is recommending the closure of 10 Air Force installations and a host of realignment activities that will affect 76 percent of the service's U.S. bases, the Pentagon announced today.
After a thorough review, the Pentagon has decided to continue with a multiyear contract to procure the C-130J airlifter, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld wrote yesterday in a letter to lawmakers.
Nothing in current Pentagon policies or acquisition structures would prevent a high-ranking acquisition official from committing the kinds of crimes that landed Darleen Druyun in prison last year, according to group of Pentagon advisers.
The Air Force has notified Congress that the average unit cost of the Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle has soared by 18 percent, breaching the so-called Nunn-McCurdy law's threshold, according to documents.
The Pentagon has approved the Small Diameter Bomb program's entry into low-rate initial production, according to the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
Pentagon acquisition chief Michael Wynne has approved the F/A-22 for full-rate production, marking a major milestone for the multibillion-dollar fighter program.
Acting Pentagon acquisition chief Michael Wynne has temporarily moved 21 Air Force acquisition programs under his authority following the retirement last week of Peter Teets, the service's under secretary, acting secretary and acting acquisition chief.
Air Force Under Secretary and acting Secretary Peter Teets will leave the service at the end of the month, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. John Jumper told a congressional panel today.
The Pentagon's multibillion-dollar Joint Strike Fighter program needs an "executable" plan and a sound acquisition approach that matches warfighter requirements with valid technologies, adequate funding and sufficient time, the Government Accountability Office says in a report released today.
Air Force officials have identified more than 50 unfunded priorities for fiscal year 2006, a list totaling approximately $3 billion.
The Pentagon is reconsidering its decision to terminate C-130J production in fiscal year 2006 and may seek to amend the defense budget request sent to Congress last week, according to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard Myers.
President Bush today sent to Congress a defense budget request for fiscal year 2006 that includes $102.9 billion for the Air Force, $6.9 billion more than the service was allocated last year, according to a senior Air Force budget official.
In the wake of new legislation endorsing sweeping national intelligence reform, Air Force Under Secretary Peter Teets said today he is "on a campaign" to preserve the position he holds as the single manager for all intelligence community and Defense Department space activities.
Preliminary results of an ongoing probe into last month's crash of an F/A-22 Raptor show that flight control software-related issues are to blame for the incident, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. John Jumper said today.
The Air Force's outgoing chief weapons buyer said today that many of the service's acquisition officials -- including general officers -- are "lining up to leave" in the aftermath of a scandal stemming from controversial plans to lease a fleet of tanker aircraft.
The Pentagon's authority on space acquisition has approved an updated version of the Defense Department's space acquisition policy to reflect lessons learned since the document was first put into practice less than two years ago, according to documents.