Friday, April 19, 2024
The House Appropriations defense subcommittee has voted to include funding for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter alternate engine program, continuing the game of chicken between Capitol Hill and the White House, which has threatened to veto any legislation that includes money for the propulsion effort.
On the eve of the House Appropriations defense subcommittee's mark-up of the fiscal year 2011 defense spending bill, two House authorizes are urging their colleagues to fund the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter alternate engine program.
The Farnborough Air Show in England is off and running with a number of contracts and teaming agreements announced today.
Sikorsky and Lockheed Martin have inked a deal to compete for the Air Force's HH-60 Recapitalization program, a move that company officials say could help put desperately needed combat search-and-rescue helicopters on the ramp before 2015.
Boeing officially submitted its bid in the KC-X next-generation tanker competition this morning.
Ukrainian aircraft maker Antonov has entered an agreement with California-based U.S. Aerospace to compete in the Air Force's KC-X next-generation tanker competition, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
Pentagon acquisition executive Ashton Carter has directed the Air Force to incorporate sustainment and operations costs into the Wideband Global Satellite Communications program's overall price tag, according to Defense Department documents sent to Capitol Hill this week.
The Pentagon's price tag for the Joint Strike Fighter is now estimated at $382 billion, a $54 billion increase since April that will push the unit cost for each aircraft -- excluding development costs -- to $133.1 million, according to Pentagon officials.
Several published reports over the last 24 hours claim the lower chamber of the Dutch parliament wants to cancel the country's already ordered F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and drop out of the test program.
The Pentagon must shift its spending priorities if it is to prevail in a war in the Pacific against China, according to a new Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments report.
Boeing and EADS must include the procurement of a Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures system in their bids for the Air Force's much-desired KC-X next-generation tanker competition, according to the latest amendment to the request for proposals.
Sen. Christopher Bond (R-MO) today accused Air Force leaders of attempting to conduct a "backdoor" Base Realignment and Closure process against the Air National Guard.
The Air Force has listed 11 bases spread across the active-duty, Air National Guard and Reserve that are tentatively slated to receive new KC-X next-generation takers, according to Pentagon documents.
U.S. Transportation Command and the Air Force have started tasking forward-based C-130 cargo haulers to conduct Army direct-support missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, senior Pentagon officials told lawmakers today.
The GE-Rolls-Royce team fighting to build an alternate engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter has offered the Pentagon a fixed-price deal for its F136 power plant beginning in 2012, company officials announced today.
The Pentagon notified Congress last week that it intends to sell 10 Boeing C-17 Globemaster III cargo haulers to India.
EADS notified the Pentagon today that it would submit a solo bid for the Air Force's $35 billion next-generation tanker competition, company officials announced in Washington.
The Pentagon is open to extending the KC-X request for proposals due date an extra 60 days in order to allow European defense contractor EADS additional time to prepare a sole bid in the $35 billion competition.
The Air Force would consider a "modest" extension to the May 10 deadline for proposals in the KC-X tanker competition if European aircraft manufacturer EADS is "serious" about entering the $35 billion competition, the service's top uniformed officer said today.
EADS has formally requested that the Pentagon extend a deadline for proposals in the Pentagon's $35 billion, next-generation tanker competition in order to prepare a bid, Defense Secretary Robert Gates told lawmakers today.