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Daily News | March 24, 2010

Lockheed Martin is still having trouble building F-35 Joint Strike Fighters due to unforeseen production issues that are creating a backlog of aircraft as more orders roll in, according to a Government Accountability Office official monitoring the troubled program.

Daily News | March 24, 2010

Two senators are urging the Air Force to rethink a proposal to move a number of C-130H aircraft from the Air National Guard to active duty in fiscal year 2011, calling the decision "troubling."

The Insider | March 22, 2010

The GE Rolls-Royce F136 Fighter Engine Team announced this morning that it hit full afterburner on its third “production-configuration” F-35 Joint Strike Fighter engine.

Daily News | March 19, 2010

The Air Force's KC-X next-generation tanker competition has taken a new twist, following EADS' announcement today of its willingness to enter the $35 billion contest without U.S. partner Northrop Grumman.

Daily News | March 16, 2010

Defense Secretary Robert Gates has nominated Navy Vice Adm. David Venlet to lead the much-talked-about F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program office, after months of speculation that the three-star would be tapped for the position.

Daily News | March 12, 2010

The Air Force has extended two incremental deadlines during the KC-X next-generation tanker request for proposals response period, changes that could open the door for EADS to submit a bid for the $35 billion contract.

The Insider | March 11, 2010

Pentagon acquisition chief Ashton Carter just told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter will breach critical Nunn-McCurdy spending caps.

Daily News | March 8, 2010

Northrop Grumman will not compete in the Air Force's $35 billion KC-X tanker competition, the company said this afternoon.

Daily News | March 4, 2010

Boeing announced today that it will pitch a new configuration of its commercial 767 for the latest round of the Air Force's KC-X next-generation tanker competition.

Daily News | March 3, 2010

The Pentagon has launched a major review of the type of helicopters it is buying for the fledgling militaries in Afghanistan and Iraq, InsideDefense.com has learned.

The Insider | March 2, 2010

It's the $35 billion question: Is Northrop Grumman going to bid for Air Force's lucrative KC-X next-generation tanker contract?

Daily News | March 1, 2010

Defense titans Boeing and Lockheed Martin have put on hold a teaming agreement to develop the Air Force's Next-Generation Bomber, one top industry official said today.

Daily News | March 1, 2010

The Pentagon's top procurement official has formally announced a "comprehensive restructuring" of the Joint Strike Fighter program, revealing that the Defense Department in November quietly initiated a review -- still under way -- that was "undertaken as though the JSF program was in Nunn-McCurdy breach."

Daily News | February 26, 2010

The Pentagon's decision to slow F-35 Joint Strike Fighter development will delay the fielding of the G.E.-Rolls-Royce F136 alternate engine by three years and add $1.7 billion to the power plant's price tag, according to a top DOD cost estimator.

Daily News | February 24, 2010

While the Air Force has made more than 230 changes to its much-anticipated KC-X request for proposals, the requirements for the next-generation tanker have not been significantly modified, according to senior Pentagon officials and briefing slides.

Daily News | February 23, 2010

The Pentagon expects to release a request for proposals for the much-coveted KC-X next-generation tanker competition tomorrow, according to senior Air Force officials overseeing the process.

Daily News | February 23, 2010

Key House lawmakers are pressing Defense Secretary Robert Gates to back up his claim of a "business case" for terminating the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter alternate engine program.

Daily News | February 22, 2010

A series of monthly reports detailing numerous deficiencies in F-35 Joint Strike Fighter flight testing shed light on Defense Secretary Robert Gates' decision earlier this month to extend aircraft development and slow production of the multiservice fighter.

Daily News | February 19, 2010

ORLANDO, FL -- The Air Force is re-evaluating the initial operational capability date for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, according to the general overseeing Air Combat Command.

Daily News | February 18, 2010

ORLANDO, FL -- The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program, the most expensive weapon system acquisition program in Pentagon history, will likely breach congressional spending limits based on new funding estimates, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz acknowledged today.

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