The Air Force has submitted its budgetary proposal for fiscal
year 2014 to the Office of the Secretary of Defense and is in communication
with OSD about its details, but the process of putting that proposal together
was complicated this spring by a number of factors, among them the buildup of
unobligated balances caused by continuing resolutions in previous years.1124 words
Air Force investigators found no criminal wrongdoing when
they looked at separate source selections done by Air Force Materiel Command
and Air Force Space Command in an attempt to assess the quality and consistency
of the source selection procedure used in awarding the Light Air Support
contract, but did note the service had room for improvement.1066 words
The Air Force this week announced its intent to carry three
contractors through the next design phase of its Three-Dimensional
Expeditionary Long-Range Radar program, keeping alive the possibility that the
derivative of a system already funded by the Marine Corps could fill both
services' deployable radar requirements.1176 words
The Air Force and Army are working out the details of
providing the Air Force with 18 re-configured HH-60G search-and-rescue
helicopters -- with a contract expected to be put in place by the end of
September for the remainder of the HH-60 Operational Loss Replacement program
-- after agreeing to an unusual process for swapping aircraft, according to the
Air Force's top military acquisition official.1293 words
The Air Force will fall just short of its fiscal year 2012
goal for training unmanned aircraft pilots, according to Air Force spokeswoman
Lt. Col. Max Despain. The Defense Department in April reported to Congress its
FY-12 goals for Air Force unmanned aircraft training, noting a need for 327 new
sensor operators and 146 pilots. Despain said the service will likely reach its
goal for graduating sensor operators but will graduate only 130 new pilots "due
to normal student attrition." She added the Air Force is continuing to work to
fill the gap with "individuals ready for the demands" of its mission.100 words
The Air Force this week issued a cost-incentive plan for its
future F117 maintenance program that would split government and contractor
savings 60/40 respectively -- part of an ongoing effort to increase competition
for C-17 engine work.494 words
A congressman who crafted and passed legislation that
prevents the Air Force from implementing future military force reductions
without congressional oversight after a base in his state was targeted for
closure plans to write a letter to the defense secretary that includes an
analysis of the base's strategic value.625 words
As discussions about space sustainability and security continue, the United States must display leadership and involvement in international policy and make room for industry innovation, defense and industry officials said at a recent congressional briefing.
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The Air Force has issued a pre-solicitation notice for the
procurement of an Electronic Safe and Arm Fuze for the Joint Air-to-Surface
Standoff Missile and its extended range variant.512 words
The first and only Space Based Space Surveillance satellite
has achieved its initial operational capability, Air Force Space Command
officials announced this week.511 words
The Defense Information Systems Agency is seeking industry's
advice to help implement a key aspect of the Pentagon's cloud computing
strategy.923 words
House and Senate appropriators differ over how much funding
to put into a research and development fund the Defense Department has said it
does not want.265 words
The Pentagon's advanced research arm estimates that it will
award contracts by year's end in its new program designed to develop, mature
and test technologies that travel faster than 20 times the speed of sound.431 words
Defense contractors and business groups have criticized as
too broad a new, Commerce Department-proposed definition of items that are
"specially designed" for military applications and thereby subject to stricter
controls than other items on the Commodity Control List (CCL) that are not so
designated. However, the groups did acknowledge that this proposal is an
improvement over an initial proposed definition issued last year.1475 words
The United States should conduct strategic stability talks
with Russia concerning force structure, posture and doctrine to avoid strategic
surprises and misunderstandings, according to a report issued by the State
Department's International Security Advisory Board.644 words
House Armed Services Committee staffers expect to be briefed
in the near future on the requirements established by Combined Security
Transition Command-Afghanistan for the Light Air Support aircraft program,
which industry sources say will provide unsafe aircraft to Afghanistan.831 words
The United States and Russia could take four key
"transparency" steps in the near term to promote the transformation of the
bilateral nuclear relationship toward "mutual assured stability," according to
a draft report by the State Department's International Security Advisory Board.283 words
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