Even though it’s short of “preferred munitions” for the war on ISIS, the Air Force is also providing them to its coalition allies in Operation Inherent Resolve, because they’re running dry, too, said Lt. Gen. John Raymond, deputy chief of...
North Korea’s recently launched satellite is tumbling in low-Earth orbit and “I do not think it is functional,” Air Force Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations Lt. Gen. John Raymond said Thursday. The satellite is “clearly in a non-stable orbit,”...
The Defense Contract Management Agency expects Boeing to miss its August 2017 deadline to deliver 18 KC-46A tankers by seven to 14 months, the agency said in a statement to Air Force Magazine. Boeing, however, still expects to make the...
The Defense Department’s acquisition programs saw a $7 billion increase in the period ending in December 2015, a jump of less than half of one percent for all programs covered by the Pentagon’s Selected Acquisition Report to Congress, the department...
The F-35 performed well in 2015, but total program operating costs rose because the services extended the jet’s expected service life, according to annual Pentagon numbers released Thursday. In base year 2012 dollars, procurement costs on the F-35 program in...
The total program cost of the F-35A, B, and C fleets, including research, development, test, and evaluation, production, military construction, and operation of a fleet of 2,443 American jets through the year 2070, with inflation, is estimated to be $1.1238...
The overall F-35 program saw a $1.8 billion increase in development costs because a once-deleted capability has been added back in by the services, program director Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan reported. The “Band 25” electronic warfare capability was cut out...
Air Force awarded Raytheon $4.8 million to resume work on a non-explosive, counter-electronic missile, according to the company’s March 23 release. The Counter-electronics High-power Microwave Advanced Missile Project, known as CHAMP, uses a high-powered-microwave-emitting payload to knock out electronic and...
Air Force Special Operations Command boss Lt. Gen. Bradley Heithold toured a C-130 maintenance line on March 22 at Robins AFB, Ga., to thank the technicians who are working to deliver a rush order of the in-demand special operations aircraft....