The choice of who will build the Air Force’s Long-Range Strike Bomber will be made based on the quality of the proposals, not any industrial base considerations, Pentagon acquisition, technology, and logistics chief Frank Kendall said March 12. Speaking with...

The ever-evolving “Better Buying Power” guidance on how to improve defense acquisition will soon get new rules for contractors on protecting information, Pentagon acquisition, technology, and logistics chief Frank Kendall said March 12. Speaking at a Bloomberg defense symposium in...

Pentagon acquisition chief Frank Kendall said he’s “neutral” about the prospect that United Technologies Corporation could spin-off its Sikorsky Helicopter business, a move UTC said late Wednesday it is considering. “Based on what I know about that deal,” Kendall told...

Air Combat Command is moving to stand up the new Close Air Support Integration Group at Nellis AFB, Nev., but officials emphasized it would remain a USAF organization under the base’s 57th Wing and Warfare Center. Maj. Michael Albrecht, F-35...

China has improved key military capabilities, such as special operations and better exercised airpower assets, but these forces still have limitations, China military experts told attendees at the annual Jamestown Foundation China Defense and Security Conference on March 12. Retired...

Italy rolled out its first F-35A from a facility in Cameri, Italy, on March 12, marking the completion of the first F-35A assembled internationally, according to a company release. Aircraft AL-1 moves from the Italian Ministry of Defense’s final assembly...

Boeing has completed the first t?est flight and assessment of its NATO Airborne Warning and Control System upgrade, which swaps out the 1970s-era analog instruments for modern avionics and an upgraded flight deck, according to a March 12 company release....