Boeing Tests Validate FAB-T Performance, Company Says
Boeing’s [BA] Family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals (FAB-T) development program has completed the functional qualification testing phase for the protected wideband satellite communications...
View ArticleWhite House Releases New National Space Transportation Policy
The White House last week released a new National Space Transportation Policy, much of which is consistent with the last policy released in 2004. Goals of the policy include promoting and maintaining a...
View ArticleAir Force Awards Northrop Grumman $219 Million For Joint Threat Emitter...
The Air Force recently awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] $219 million for the Joint Threat Emitter (JTE) follow-on production program, according to a company statement. The contract includes a $44 million...
View ArticleForce-shaping Special Pays, Bonuses to Expire Dec. 31 if Congress Cannot Pass...
The Senate has just a one-week window to pass a defense authorization bill and confer with the House if lawmakers are to get the bill signed into law by the end of the year--a point of pride for...
View ArticleWes Bush: Cuts to R&D Will Hinder Economic Growth, Rendering Sequester...
Industry and academia came together Monday morning to reinforce their message that sequestration’s impact on government-funded research and development is harmful to all sectors now and in the future,...
View ArticleNorthrop Grumman Helps Demonstrate Virtual Air Refueling Across Multiple...
Northrop Grumman [NOC] successfully conducted a high-fidelity virtual aerial refueling demonstration, networking geographically-dispersed flight simulators and providing a realistic simulation of an...
View ArticleEmbraer To Start Light Air Support Assembly In January
Embraer [ERJ] will start assembling its A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft for the Air Force’s Light Air Support (LAS) program in January, according to a Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) official in...
View ArticleSpaceX Schedules Tuesday For Third SES-8 Launch Attempt
The Air Force scheduled today for Space Exploration Technologies Corp.’s (SpaceX) third attempt to launch the SES-8 communications satellite into orbit, according to a service spokeswoman. The company...
View ArticleChristine Fox Named Acting Deputy Defense Secretary
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced Tuesday that Christine Fox, former director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, would serve as the acting deputy secretary of defense until a permanent...
View ArticlePentagon Contractor Jobs Will Be Hardest Hit, Hagel Says
Detailing his plans to lower costs by 20 percent at senior levels of the Pentagon by the end of the decade, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Wednesday he expects that contractor positions will face...
View ArticleULA Readies For Friday's NROL-39 Launch
United Launch Alliance (ULA) predicted as of Tuesday morning a 20 percent chance of favorable weather conditions for Friday’s National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) NROL-39 satellite launch from...
View ArticleDoD Should Reexamine Intelligence Community Spending, Former Air Force Chief...
The Defense Department should reexamine its return on investment with its intelligence agency spending before it slashes spending from critical accounts, according to a former Air Force chief of staff....
View ArticleAir Force Decommissions CHIRP
Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (AFSMC) decommissioned the Commercially Hosted Infrared Payload (CHIRP) December 6, according to a service statement. The CHIRP sensor, designed and built by...
View ArticleBoeing, Saab Teaming For Air Force's T-X Trainer Program
Boeing [BA] and Sweden’s Saab AB are teaming to bid for the Air Force’s multi-billion dollar T-X trainer program, Boeing said Friday in a statement. The two companies signed a Joint Development...
View ArticleNew Defense Bill Replenishes O&M Funding, Supports Industrial Base Health
A compromise defense authorization unveiled Monday afternoon provides several assurances to the defense industrial base by restoring funding for maintenance availabilities canceled due to a lack of...
View ArticleHASC Members: Budget Deal Sets Defense Spending Too Low But Better Than No Deal
The two-year budget deal unveiled Tuesday night would save the Defense Department from taking a $22 billion hit in January, when the next round of sequestration cuts were set to take effect. The deal...
View ArticlePassage Of NDAA Questionable, Could Stop CVN-78 Construction
A new compromise defense bill appears poised to pass the House this week but could stall in the Senate again next week, threatening the Defense Department’s ability to pay its troops combat pay and...
View ArticleCongress Poised To Slap More Oversight On LCS
The defense policy bill for fiscal 2014 sitting before Congress proposes placing additional oversight on the Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program and requires the Pentagon to assess its...
View ArticleProposed Defense Bill Sets Stage For Offensive Cyber Operations
The proposed National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 includes some of the most detailed language to date preparing the Department of Defense for offensive cyber operations. Previous...
View ArticleDivesting A-10 Fleet Would Save Nearly $3.7 Billion, Welsh Says
Divesting its entire A-10 fleet would save the Air Force nearly $3.7 billion, including logistics and infrastructure, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh said yesterday. “We would have to shut...
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