The Air Force won’t bear any costs stemming from a previously undisclosed redesign and necessary rework of KC-46 tanker test models being built by Boeing, the service said Thursday. Company CEO James McNerney, in a telecom with financial reporters, revealed...

Fixes to the KC-46 program are “in hand,” and the project is doing well overall, Boeing Chief Financial Officer Greg Smith told financial reporters in a Wednesday teleconference. Aside from a need to redesign and re-route wiring harnesses, Smith said...

Several B-1B bombers from the 28th Bomb Wing at Ellsworth AFB, S.D., along with 150 airmen, spent nearly two weeks leading operations at Red Flag 14-3 over the Nellis AFB, Nev., ranges. The 28th BW is the lead wing for...

Despite the sequestration funding cuts, the military must continue to pursue advances in cyber and directed energy weapons and continue aggressive research and development, said two key members of the House Armed Services Committee on July 24 during a Brookings...

Two influential members of the House Armed Services Committee asserted that Congress historically has played a key role in pushing innovation on the military, citing advocacy for the use of aircraft carriers as offensive weapons in the 1930 and greater...

The Defense Department’s Afghanistan inspector general recently issued criticism of the Afghan Air Force C-130 program, questioning the need for the aircraft in light of low utilization rates. Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction John Sopko, in a report released...

The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $16.9 million contract to Lockheed Martin for prototype hardware/software systems to support advanced intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance collection and exploitation programs. The contract to Lockheed’s Information Systems and Global Solutions, of Littleton, Colo.,...

Robins AFB, Ga., will lease acreage to New Generation Power, under the Georgia Power 2013 advanced solar initiative, to house the company’s 10-megawatt solar power facility on the base, officials announced this week. Over the next 20 years, cash from...