The F-35A might not meet the criteria required to be declared operational in August, Pentagon Director of Operational Test & Evaluation J. Michael Gilmore said in an annual report released Monday. The report, which covers all services, included a 70-page...

The Pentagon’s director of operational test & evaluation wonders whether it’s a good idea for the F-35 program to push a “block buy” approach on the jet before operational testing is finished. In his annual report, just released, J. Michael...

The F-35 program office, in a prepared statement regarding the release of the annual Director of Operational Test & Evaluation report, said the document contained “no surprises,” and that the issues in F-35 development and testing it identified are well...

Industry and the Air Force are still working to fix the MQ-9 Reaper’s overheating problems, encountered during operations in hot climates, according to the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation’s annual report, released Feb. 1. Enhanced Block 5 Reapers incorporate...

Testers were unable to complete developmental testing and evaluation and operational assessments of the AC-130J Ghostrider gunship, due to the prototype’s Class-A mishap last year. The incident extended DT&E and OA through last July and curtailed the efforts “without completing...

The Air Force awarded the first contract to Boeing to begin work on the new Air Force One, according to a Jan. 29 Pentagon announcement. Under the $25.7 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, Boeing will work to detail requirements and design trade-offs...

The Air Force is likely to trim funding for the F-35A to help make up the gap between the Fiscal 2017 base discretionary budget request and planned spending for the year, said Katherine Blakeley, of the Center for Strategic and...

The overseas contingency operations fund is likely to be the “most politically heated” part of the Fiscal 2017 budget, said Katherine Blakeley, with the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, on Feb. 1. President Obama vetoed a version of the...