Turning Up Heat on F-35, Trump Hints at F/A-18E/F Buy
President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday fired another shot at Lockheed Martin Corp.’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program and hinted at the possibility of a renewed…
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Trump Blasts Air Force One, F-35 — and Revolving Door
President-elect Donald Trump used a speech last night in Pennsylvania to criticize major defense acquisition programs including Boeing Co.’s Air Force One and Lockheed Martin…
Boeing to Move Defense Unit from St. Louis to DC Region
The world’s largest aerospace company is moving its defense division to the Washington, D.C., region at a time when Pentagon defense spending has entered a…
Market Rocked After Trump Criticizes F-35 Program in Tweet
Donald Trump is bent on reforming government spending, one tweet at a time. This morning just before 9 a.m., the president-elect lashed out at the…
Former Air Force Chief of Staff Joins Northrop
The revolving door of retired military generals headed to defense contractors continues to spin. The U.S. Air Force‘s former chief of staff, retired Gen. Mark…
Defense Lobby’s Answer to Trump? Don’t Tweet Back
When President-elect Donald Trump took to Twitter this week to attack the projected costs of a new Air Force One — an aircraft still years…
Lockheed ‘Disappointed’ by Pentagon’s Latest F-35 Contract
The Pentagon and Lockheed Martin Corp. finally came to an agreement for 57 more F-35 Joint Strike Fighters after months of negotiations. In an announcement…
Cost Was Deciding Factor in Air Force’s B-21 Decision: GAO
The Air Force last year awarded Northrop Grumman Co. the B-21 Long Range Strike Bomber contract over Boeing for one reason: cost. Boeing protested the…
Why Doesn’t Air Force Use Cheap, Reusable Rockets?
The Pentagon is more focused on the supremacy of U.S. satellite technology than how the spacecraft are vaulted into space, at least for now, an…
Former B-2 Pilot to Air Force: Forget Drone Bombers
A professor and retired B-2 Spirit pilot is calling on the Air Force to design the B-21 Long Range Strike Bomber solely as a manned…
Army Mulls $3 Billion Multi-Year Apache Buy: Reports
The Defense Department and Boeing Co. are negotiating a $3.3 billion, multi-year contract for 275 AH-64E Apache helicopters, according to news reports. Negotiations began after…
B-2 Bomber to Receive New Ejection Seats, Other Upgrades
The B-2 Spirit, America’s sole heavy stealth bomber, is getting upgraded ejection seats, the latest in a series of upgrades for the multi-role bomber to…
F-35 Sets Weapons Test Mission Record with New Software
The F-35 Integrated Test Force at Edwards Air Force Base, California, completed 25 weapons test missions over the course of a month, JPO officials announced…
Navy F-35C Landed So Precisely, It Tore Up a Runway
Before seven of the Navy’s carrier-variant F-35 Joint Strike Fighters embarked aboard the carrier USS George Washington for a third and final round of developmental…
Tests on F-35 Ejection Seat Mods to Wrap Up Next Month
Two equipment modifications designed to make the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s ejection seat safe for use by lightweight pilots will wrap up testing by the…
Commander Receiving F-35As: ‘It’s Going to Be an Absolute Monster’
The celebration of the Air Force variant of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter reaching initial operational capability continued Friday with a ceremony replete with dignitaries…
Marines’ New King Stallion Chopper Lifts 27,000 Lbs in Tests
A CH-53K King Stallion has successfully lifted an external 27,000-pound payload, Lockheed Martin announced this week. The King Stallion is being developed for the Marine…
Lockheed Wants to Fit Ships With New Combat System 50 Percent Faster
As the Navy marked the installation of new Aegis Ashore missile defense systems in Europe, officials with Lockheed Martin — the manufacturer of the system…
New Missile-Tracking Software Tested on Navy Destroyer
This week the Arleigh-Burke Class guided-missile destroyer John Paul Jones participated in the test of software designed to find and track Medium Range Ballistic Missiles….
Commandant Plays Hardball with Industry on Buying Gear
The top officer of the Marine Corps has a message to industry: Gear delivered to the Marine Corps must arrive faster, in working order, and…