The Defense Department has updated its projected total acquisition cost for the F-35 program to $379 billion, a drop of $12.1 billion from what was reported in 2014. The new number, mentioned in a Government Accountability Office report, which was...

The F-35’s current software continues to be plagued with problems, including one that makes the jet’s radar shut down once every four hours, said the Joint Strike Fighter program officer on Wednesday. The jet’s pilots are reporting a difference “in...

The next update to the F-35’s critical maintenance software will likely be at least 60 days late, which could impact the Air Force’s goal of reaching initial operational capability this year, said Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan, F-35 program executive officer....

The Department of Defense’s Inspector General (IG) is investigating United Launch Alliance’s dealings with the Pentagon, the oversight body said in a March 22 letter. Defense Secretary Ash Carter asked for an investigation after Brett Tobey, ULA’s former vice president...

The Air Force depends on information dominance to fulfill its core mission, Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James said Tuesday, and “our military’s technological superiority is being challenged in ways that we’ve never experienced before.” In her opening remarks at...

In another exchange between lawmakers and the Pentagon over the future of the A-10, Rep. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.) proposed a unique way to solve the program’s purported airmen shortage. “We have got hundreds of people that are playing the tuba...

Air Force Reserve Command will add a new maintenance squadron to the 403rd Wing at Keesler AFB, Miss., focused solely on the maintaining the C-130Js assigned to the 815th Airlift Squadron there. The existing maintenance squadron will shift its focus...

Some 350 airmen and 12 A-10s deployed from Moody AFB, Ga., recently completed a six-month theater security package to Europe. The members of the 74th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron participated in 13 events and exercises, visited 15 countries in Eastern Europe,...