Wednesday, April 17, 2024
U.S. Aerospace announced this morning that it will accept a Government Accountability Office ruling that the Air Force properly disqualified the small California-based defense company and Ukrainian partner Antonov from the KC-X tanker competition.
Economic factors and defense budget pressure could force the Air Force to wait more than 30 years from now to begin replacing its largest aerial refueling tanker in service, the KC-10 Extender, a retired three-star general said today.
President Obama is expected to announce today that White House National Security Adviser retired Gen. James Jones is resigning, according to multiple newspaper reports.
The Air Force is considering cutting 10 percent of its general officer ranks and reducing the number of management positions at its headquarters facilities as part of its effort to wring out $28.3 billion in overhead costs over the next five years, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz said today.
The Government Accountability Office today upheld the Air Force's decision to disqualify a small U.S. defense company and its Ukrainian partner from the $35 billion KC-X next-generation tanker competition.
General Electric and Rolls-Royce are trying to determine what caused an "abnormality" that damaged a Joint Strike Fighter engine during testing last week, according to company officials.
Senate supporters of Boeing and EADS have filed competing amendments to the fiscal year 2011 defense authorization bill, one requiring the Pentagon to consider a subsidy ruling by the World Trade Organization and the other mandating that military leaders ignore the WTO decision when evaluating bids for the Air Force's next-generation tanker.
A powerful Senate defense spending panel has zeroed funding for the Air Force's effort to replace its aging HH-60G Pave Hawk combat search-and-rescue helicopters, citing concerns that the service's current recapitalization plan could yield the same result as a prior attempt, which was terminated by Defense Secretary Robert Gates.
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD -- As it searches for efficiencies, the Air Force could save millions of dollars each year if the Pentagon held another round of base closures, the top service commander in Europe said today.
Pentagon acquisition executive Ashton Carter said the Defense Department plans to wrap up source selection of the Air Force's next-generation aerial refueling tanker this fall, but had not set a specific date.
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD -- Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz wants to institutionalize a recently forged partnership with the Navy that could eventually expand beyond joint operations to acquisition strategies.
EADS reached a critical milestone last week when one of its Airbus A330-based tankers passed fuel at a 12,000 gallon-per minute rate, according to a top company official.
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD -- The Air Force is bracing for a slate of fiscal year 2011 budget cuts that correspond with top-down Pentagon guidance, Air Force Secretary Michael Donley said today.
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD -- The Air Force hopes to have a nominee for its top acquisition billet by the end of the year, Air Force Secretary Michael Donley said today.
The Pentagon yesterday awarded Lockheed Martin a $315.6 million contract for five C-130J-based aircraft using wartime supplemental funding from 2008 and this year, according to a Defense Department announcement.
The President has nominated Air Force Space Command chief Gen. Robert Kehler to become the next head of U.S. Strategic Command, replacing Gen. Kevin Chilton, who will retire, according to a Pentagon document.
Air Force and defense officials are bracing for a cascade of senior service leadership moves that could open the door for Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz to become the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, according to active and retired Air Force general officers.
The Boeing-Lockheed Martin team that lost the Air Force's Small Diameter Bomb II competition this week will not protest the service's decision to the Government Accountability Office, company officials said early this afternoon.
Raytheon has edged a Boeing-Lockheed Martin team to capture a $451 million contract to develop a next-generation, air-launched surgical strike weapon that can hit moving targets, the Pentagon announced this afternoon.
Boeing announced this afternoon that it is moving its C-130 Avionics Modernization Program and B-1B bomber program from Long Beach, CA, to Oklahoma City, according to company officials.