Lt. Gen. Harry Wyatt, Air National Guard director, told lawmakers last week that the new Mobility Capabilities and Requirements Study is essentially OBE on tactical airlift needs. Wyatt told the House Appropriations defense panel that the MCRS did not consider...

The Air Force currently has no plans to integrate the miniature air launched decoy, or MALD, on platforms other than the F-16 and B-52, the service’s acquisition shop tells the Daily Report. In the past, Air Force officials have spoken...

Undersecretary of Defense Ashton Carter or Pentagon industrial policy deputy Brett Lambert will be meeting with the heads of about 50 defense subcontractors at the end of May or early June to discuss how they would like the Pentagon to...

The Quadrennial Defense Review acknowledged that DOD hasn’t done a good job setting an industrial policy, Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn said April 15. Speaking at an Aerospace Industries Association Capitol Hill event, Lynn said industrial policy chief Brett Lambert...

According to news reports, the interim Kyrgyzstan government has agreed to extend for one year the US lease of the Transit Center at Manas, a key logistical hub for US and allied operations in Afghanistan. The lease agreement with the...

Look for an announcement from Defense Secretary Robert Gates in the next few weeks about relaxation of export controls on US aerospace products. Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn said April 15 during an Aerospace Industries Association Capitol Hill event that...

Deputy Defense Secretary Bill Lynn said April 15 that the Pentagon’s dalliance with fixed-price contracts in the 1980s was “a disaster.” Speaking at an Aerospace Industries Association event in the Capitol Building, Lynn said the current Pentagon leadership understands that...

The Air Force has awarded Bronze Star Medals to Lt. Col. Vincent Cooper, an air liaison officer with the Missouri Air National Guard’s 157th Operations Group, and 1st Lt. Amanda Reed, with the 18th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Kadena AB,...

Air Sorties in Southwest Asia, April 14, 2010 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total YTD ISR 27 41 68 6,324 CAS/Armed Recon 24 86 110 9,573 Airlift 177 177 17,598 Air refueling 48 48 4,388 Rescue 36 36 1,181 Total...