Space Development Agency Director Derek Tournear has been placed on "investigative administrative leave" pending the results of an investigation, an Air Force spokesperson said today.
Saturday, November 22, 2025
Saturday, November 22, 2025
Space Development Agency Director Derek Tournear has been placed on "investigative administrative leave" pending the results of an investigation, an Air Force spokesperson said today.
President-elect Trump today announced his intention to nominate Troy Meink, who currently serves as the principal deputy director for the National Reconnaissance Office, to be the next Air Force secretary.
As the Air Force surveys proposals of priority efforts eligible to receive early funding without a congressionally approved budget, outgoing service acquisition boss Andrew Hunter said in an interview yesterday he is "really excited to leverage it in our approach to tanker modernization."
The Air Force is again shifting its development and procurement plans for the T-7A Red Hawk training jet by pushing a critical milestone back one year and offering a ceiling of $250 million to address long-standing delivery delays and a need for updated capabilities, outgoing service acquisition head Andrew Hunter told Inside Defense today.
The Air Force will debut its large-scale multicombatant command REFORPAC exercise this summer in the Indo-Pacific with minimal limitations even if Congress isn't able to approve the fiscal year 2025 budget by March.
The incoming presidential administration should reconsider where it spends money and prioritize strategic locations for a fight with China rather than maintaining legacy installations that don't currently present a challenge, outgoing service Secretary Frank Kendall said today.
The Air Force’s F-15 Eagle fleet is on track to receive a fresh electronic warfare suite, the Pentagon announced Monday evening, after approving BAE Systems’ Eagle Passive Active Warning Survivability System for full-rate production.
The Air Force last month approved a plan to replace old F-15C/D Eagle jets with newer aircraft considered more combat capable at three Air National Guard squadrons, according to a record of decision posted today in the Federal Register.
The Air Force and Navy secretaries, along with commanders of the combatant commands, must take a deep look at existing inventory requirements for air-to-air missiles and consider whether to adjust acquisition plans, according to the Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act.
The Air Force last week approved the sale of General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-9B SkyGuardian drones to Canada to support the country's remotely piloted aircraft systems program, according to a Dec. 27 Pentagon contract announcement.
Incoming Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker (R-MS) is confident President-elect Trump's team will inject what he says are needed dollars into the Air Force's budget to revive the service's dwindling readiness levels.
Lockheed Martin and the Pentagon have reached an agreement on F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Lot 18 to manufacture the stealth jet's frame and technical functions, the Pentagon announced today.
The Pentagon needs to fund the Space Force separately from the Air Force to ensure both receive a sufficient budget, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said today.
Even as the Pentagon warns that cyber is one of the greatest threats facing military assets and infrastructure, some acquisition executives are still willing to accept risk there, Defense Department cyber strategists said today.
While the Air Force is changing the way it deploys and urgently modernizing the kind of platforms it would rely on to execute certain missions in the Indo-Pacific, service infrastructure worldwide has fallen significantly behind, said Ravi Chaudhary, assistant Air Force secretary for energy, installations and environment.
As Air Force acquisition czar Andrew Hunter prepares to relinquish his duties to the incoming Trump administration, he anticipates the next executive to fill the role will face enduring obstacles around resourcing and integration.
House and Senate authorizers want the Air Force to create and put into action a plan to begin fielding air base air defense sites at service installations located in the homeland and across the globe, per the recently released fiscal year 2025 defense policy conference bill.
The Air Force Scientific Advisory Board is scheduled to meet next month to conduct midterm reviews of studies directed by the service secretary for fiscal year 2025, according to a filing posted in the federal register today.
Some deliveries of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter would be temporarily fenced under the proposed fiscal year 2025 defense authorization conference bill until Lockheed Martin, the Joint Program Office and the incoming defense secretary create a plan to resolve any outstanding hardware and software deficiencies hamstringing the program. (UPDATED)
Recognizing adversary drone swarms as "the most significant threat at this time," the Pentagon is aiming to unify the military around a cohesive approach to address the challenge now and in the future, according to a Thursday DOD news release.