The United States' new defense strategy aims to trim
conventional military forces while increasing investments in a handful of areas
such as intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities, unmanned
systems, space programs, cyberspace capabilities, and platforms that project
U.S. forces rapidly around the world, officials said this week.1129 words
Hawker Beechcraft expects the U.S. Court of Federal Claims to rule on its lawsuit against the Air Force over a contract to supply light attack aircraft to Afghanistan within the first quarter of 2012, according to the company's chief executive officer.
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A Kansas lawmaker is trying to obtain a Boeing internal study
the company is citing to justify a recent decision to close a facility in
Wichita, KS, but he has not received an answer from the company.564 words
The Air National Guard would like to organically address the
increasing modernization needs of its aging MQ-1 unmanned aircraft, but a
General Atomics contract is keeping it from doing that, according to the
division chief for Guard requirements.972 words
Rep. Buck
McKeon (R-CA), the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, yesterday
led the Republican charge criticizing the Obama administration's new defense
strategy, stating that the plan "packaged our retreat from the world in the guise
of a new strategy to mask his divestment of our military and national defense."
Other Republican lawmakers that found fault with the plan include Reps. Tom
Rooney (FL), Rob Wittman (VA) and Randy Forbes (VA), the chairman of the House
Armed Services readiness subcommittee.83 words
Air Force officials plan to release a request for information
for a deployable, long-range radar replacement program early this year after it
was retracted from the Hanscom Electronic Request for Proposals Bulletin Board
late last year, according to a service spokeswoman.412 words
The Air National Guard has decided not to pursue a $1.4
billion reengining program for its Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar
System in fiscal year 2013, according to the Guard's division chief for
requirements integration.717 words
The Air Force has announced that it intends to purchase two
more Battlefield Airborne Communications Nodes, devices that enhance
communications and beyond-line-of-sight connectivity, and integrate them onto
Global Hawk Block 20 aircraft in an effort to ensure complete coverage in
theater through the fall of 2015.732 words
The Joint Aerial Layer Network analysis of alternatives
report has almost been finalized but an Office of the Secretary of Defense cost
assessment and program evaluation must take place first, according to an Air
Force spokeswoman.450 words
Raytheon has been awarded a total of $70 million to advance
work on its Multi-Spectral Targeting System, with some of that funding set
aside to upgrade the system's imagery from standard- to high-definition video.414 words
Air Mobility Command, in conjunction
with several organizations within the Defense Department that provide precision
airdrop services in theater, is working with industry to refine the
technologies that allow for accurate delivery of supplies to troops on the
ground, according to the command.859 words
The Air Force Research Laboratory's space vehicles branch is moving forward on a new development contract for spacecraft technology, and the organization released a draft request for proposals and hosted a site visit with industry last month.
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Boeing executives recently entered into an agreement to
provide 84 new F-15SAs to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and they plan to enter
the first aircraft into a test program in early 2013, according to a company
executive.413 words
Defense Department officials are awaiting approval from the
Pentagon's financial leaders on a proposed financial management professional
certification program that would focus on audit readiness and provide a
framework for the department's 58,000 people working in the field.867 words
The Pentagon's acting acquisition chief has assured defense
industry executives that last year's negotiations with Lockheed Martin over
F-35 purchases, which involved "concurrency" rules that would shift costs for
additional work on early production aircraft to the company, are not intended
to be precedent-setting for future procurement programs.501 words
The Air National Guard has documented a need to modernize its
RC-26B aircraft and increase the aircraft's sensor capability.674 words
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey has
directed military officials to rewrite his predecessor's vision for the future
joint force.524 words
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