By John Reed – Staff writer
Posted : Friday Mar 12, 2010 16:04:01 EST
Source: Air Force Times
The Air Force’s $35 billion KC-X competition may not end up being a sole-source competition. It appears that EADS is looking to buy time to [...]
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By John Reed – Staff writer The Air Force’s $35 billion KC-X competition may not end up being a sole-source competition. It appears that EADS is looking to buy time to [...]  By Rod Powers, About.com Guide According to a recently released FBI report, Gang-related activity in the US military is increasing and poses a threat to law enforcement officials and national security. The report, Gang Activity in the [...]  Posted 3/10/2010 3/10/2010 – UDON THANI ROYAL THAI AIR FORCE BASE, Thailand (AFNS) — C-17 Globemaster III aircrews integrated with multiple aircraft types to complete an airdrop training mission as part of Cope [...]  Aviation Week’s DTI | Amy Butler | March 04, 2010 The F-35 manufacturer hopes to “buy back” up to 90 stealthy fighters that were lost in the recent program restructuring, but [...]  March 09, 2010, 12:34 PM EST March 9 (Bloomberg) — Northrop Grumman Corp.’s decision to forgo bidding on the U.S. Air Force’s $35 billion refueling tanker program, leaving Boeing Co. without a competitor, may [...]
By BRUCE ROLFSEN The U.S. Air Force is taking a long look down the road at buying and fielding new airplanes. Mandated by Congress, the “Aircraft Investment Plan” maps out how many planes the Air Force, U.S. Marine [...]  ST. LOUIS, March 4, 2010 — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today announced that it will offer the Boeing NewGen Tanker in the competition to supply the U.S. Air Force with a multi-mission aerial refueling aircraft that will meet all [...]  MELBOURNE, Fla., March 2, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The U.S. Air Force awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) a $223.6 million contract for two E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) Propulsion Pod System (PPS) shipsets and FAA certification. Each [...]  DATE:24/02/10 The US Air Force has decided to buy 112 Sikorsky UH-60Ms to recapitalise its ageing combat search and rescue fleet, despite a standing requirement for a larger helicopter.  By Donna Miles WASHINGTON, Feb. 24, 2010 – The final request for proposals to solicit bids for a new aerial tanker was designed to promote fair, open competition that provides the best warfighting capability [...] ![WICHITA, Kan., Feb. 17, 2010 -- An E-4B takes off from the Boeing [NYSE: BA] facility in Wichita on Feb. 8 after an 11-month maintenance visit. The E-4B is a modified Boeing 747-200 used by the National Command Authority as a survivable command post for control of U.S. forces in all levels of conflict. The aircraft's secondary missions include VIP travel support and Federal Emergency Management Agency support.](http://armoredd.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/E-4B_usaf-120x150.jpg "Series MWF10-0011") WICHITA, Kan., Feb. 17, 2010 — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] delivered an E-4B National Airborne Operations Center aircraft to the U.S. Air Force on Feb. 8, after 11 months of maintenance at Boeing’s Wichita facility. The aircraft returns to [...]  By John Reed ORLANDO, Fla. — The F-35 Lightning II fighter jet program might breach the Nunn-McCurdy limits on unit cost growth, said Air Force Gen. Norton Schwartz, the service’s chief of staff. “I would [...] Southampton, PA, February 3, 2010 – Environmental Tectonics Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: ETCC) (“ETC” or the “Company”) announced today that Holloman Air Force Base, located in New Mexico, trained an additional approximately 1,000 pilots on its G-LAB® Human Centrifuge during [...]  TUCSON, Ariz., Feb. 3, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — The U.S. Air Force awarded Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) a $170 million Foreign Military Sales contract to produce AGM-65D and AGM-65G2 infrared-guided Maverick air-to-surface missiles for the United Arab Emirates. The AGM-65 Maverick family [...] 898th Munitions Squadron decertified so it can prepare for inspection By Michael Hoffman – Staff writer A squadron that oversees more than 2,000 nuclear warheads in New Mexico has been stripped of its nuclear responsibilities, [...]  Orlando, FL, February 1st, 2010 — Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has received $59 million from the U.S. Air Force for additional Sniper® Advanced Targeting Pods (ATP). This order represents the second increment on the U.S. Air Force’s Sniper ATP Lot [...]  By Michael Hoffman – Staff writer The Air Force avoided the budget ax it fell under last year and increased its investment in unmanned aircraft, according to fiscal 2011 budget recommendations [...]  Associated Press VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The Air Force says a missile-intercept test failed when a long-range missile launched from California missed a target missile launched from a Pacific island because [...]  MACON, Ga., Jan. 18, 2010 — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today announced that it has begun assembling the first A-10 Thunderbolt replacement-wing set at its Macon facility. The U.S. Air Force awarded Boeing the contract, worth up to $2 [...]  Source: USAF 1/29/2010 – KADENA AIR BASE, Japan (AFNS) — Nearly 1,300 servicemembers, more than 80 aircraft and 19 units from the U.S. and England converged for the start of Red Flag 10-2 Jan. 25, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. The [...] |
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