The Air Force announced yesterday it has awarded Boeing a $16 million contract for the second phase of a program to convert nuclear-armed, air-launched cruise missiles to conventional missiles.
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The Air Force announced yesterday it has awarded Boeing a $16 million contract for the second phase of a program to convert nuclear-armed, air-launched cruise missiles to conventional missiles.
The Army yesterday awarded three contracts worth a total of $25.7 million to cover the overhaul of engines and power plants on some of the service's AH-84 Apache and Black Hawk helicopters.
The Army's Communications-Electronics Command yesterday announced the award of eight separate contracts worth more than $1 billion.
Anticipating congressional approval of a plan to transfer to Puerto Rico nearly 8,000 acres on the island of Vieques, the Navy's sole live-fire training range for the Atlantic fleet, the service has prepared an environmental assessment to judge the environmental impact of the land transfer.
The Navy achieved a second successful test flight this morning of the missile that will form the heart of its Area missile defense system.
On Nov. 8, 1999, the Detroit, a 30-year old fleet oiler assigned to the Navy's Atlantic Fleet, entered the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard to undergo a four-month repair cycle.
Jacques Gansler, the Pentagon's top acquisition executive, last Thursday upgraded the Navy's Cooperative Engagement Capability program's acquisition profile, making it more of a joint service program, InsideDefense.com has learned.
The Air Force will likely fall short of the $21 billion in cost reductions it has mapped out for the F-22 Raptor program because many of the cuts are beyond the service's control, the General Accounting Office reported yesterday.
The Navy has begun work on an environmental impact statement for the Marine Corps' Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle, according to an Aug. 15 notice in the Federal Register.
Planned improvements to a West Coast Navy test range will allow it to handle Army and Air Force theater missile defense tests, according to a Navy spokeswoman.
The Marine Corps announced late yesterday it has cleared 28 AV-8B harrier engines for flight less than two months after the service suspended all Harrier flights following a crash during a training mission at Twentynine Palms, CA.
Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush is standing by his charge that the Army has two divisions that are not ready to go to war, a Bush spokesman told InsideDefense.com today.
In the most important speech of his political life last night, Republican presidential nominee Texas Gov. George W. Bush attacked the Clinton-Gore team for letting the U.S. armed forces fall into disrepair, charging that the military "is low on parts, pay and morale."
The Navy plans to significantly improve a 36,000-square-mile test range off the coast of California to accommodate, for the first time, missile defense weapons including a boost-phase intercept system.
The Navy must center all of its energies on maintaining and improving its fleet of ships and aircraft, and in doing so not to let available dollars drive how the service defines its warfighting requirements, newly-appointed Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Vernon Clark said last week.
Due to a delay in developing a key component of an infrared countermeasures suite, Army helicopters will remain vulnerable to ground-launched missiles for at least five more years, according to a General Accounting Office report released yesterday.
The Senate passed a $288 billion defense appropriations conference report this afternoon by a 90-10 vote, which will now be sent to President Clinton for his signature.
Responding to a detailed General Accounting Office report on the Army's digitization plans, the service has agreed to report the acquisition status of lower priority systems that contribute to its battlefield digitization plans.
Defense Secretary William Cohen assured the Senate Armed Services Committee today that the Defense Intelligence Agency is not being kept out of the loop on potential Israeli arms deals.
A bill the Senate may consider this week gives the president discretionary authority to terminate any missile-related contract involving U.S. and foreign companies if he determines either party has violated provisions of the Missile Technology Control Regime.