Thursday, May 9, 2024
The Air Force is in the process of updating its energy plan, which would add the service's energy mission to the Defense Department's Quadrennial Defense Review, and expects its senior leaders to sign off on that plan in the near future.
Hawker Beechcraft has submitted a proposal for a contested contract that would deliver 20 aircraft to the Afghan military.
Norway today ordered a pair of F-35 fighter jets, initiating a staggered plan to purchase the aircraft for its Norwegian Armed Forces in small increments over the coming years.
Sierra Nevada Corp., which was awarded an Air Force contract to build aircraft for the Afghan military and then had the contract revoked, filed a lawsuit with the U.S. Court of Federal Claims today seeking reinstatement of that contract.
Congressional pushback against an Air Force plan to trim its aircraft inventories and close some locations has doused the hopes of Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz that a base realignment and closure round might take place before 2015.
The National Governors Association is applauding a Senate Armed Services Committee decision to include language in its fiscal year 2013 defense authorization bill that would protect the National Guard from what the association sees as “disproportionate and damaging reductions.”
The House today approved legislation that prevents the military from using a loophole to close military bases without the approval of Congress.
Hawker Beechcraft is taking a public swing at the Air Force, saying that it is "profoundly disappointed" that the service has allowed "antiquated pilot accommodation standards" to plague a revised request for proposals that would supply 20 aircraft to Afghanistan.
The heads of two state governors' groups are calling a revised force-structure proposal issued by the Defense Department this week a failure "to address state concerns," citing remaining issues with manpower cuts and other reductions.
The Office of the Secretary of Defense has opted to adjust some of the Air Force's proposed force-structure changes and keep two-dozen C-130s in the Air National Guard, a decision made after two months of sustained pressure from Congress and state governors.
Hawker Beechcraft wants the Air Force to consider raising the safety standards of the ejection system on the 20 light attack aircraft that it plans to supply to Afghanistan while it refashions a request for proposals for that procurement contract.
The Air Force has kicked back an alternative force-structure proposal put forth by several state governors in an attempt to combat the impact of the service's strategic changes to the Air National Guard.
Air Force leadership will meet with Defense Department personnel on Friday to discuss a plan put forth by the Council of Governors that would modify the service's fiscal year 2013 defense budget request and address what the council says are significant differences with respect to manpower reductions, fighter aircraft and airlift needs.
The Air Force used what it terms a "sweet spot" risk balance strategy as a way to gauge how many aircraft it needs to support the Obama administration's new national security strategy, a service official said today.
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz says lawmakers who oppose the service's plans to retire and realign aircraft could negatively impact the service's surge and rotational capabilities.
An Air Force decision announced today to cancel a $355 million contract awarded to Sierra Nevada Corp. will cause an additional delay in providing light attack support aircraft to Afghanistan by April 2013, according to one of the company's vice presidents.
The Air Force is evaluating a new Boeing proposal for the restructured Family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals program and simultaneously pursuing alternative options, a senior service official said today.
The Air Force will be pouring about $81 million more into its RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft program in fiscal year 2013 than the service initially projected it would need last year, despite a Feb. 6 Pentagon announcement that the Block 30 variant of the Global Hawk program would be terminated.
The Air Force has not made a final decision on what to do with its C-27J and Global Hawk Block 30 aircraft, and after axing both programs from its procurement plan the service is almost certain to place them in storage, the chief of staff said today.
An Air National Guard intelligence system tasked with supporting a U.S. Special Operations Command mission lacks the full-motion video capability to adequately support that mission, according to the Guard's Mod Book.