The U.S. Air Force has begun tests on a Boeing-built aerial refueling tanker to validate the aircraft’s capacity to meet Federal Aviation Administration certification requirements. The service branch said Tuesday the KC-46A will
MoreThe Defense Department is investigating a successor to an aircraft platform the U.S. Air Force uses to transport the U.S. vice president and other high-level government officials, Defense One reported Tuesday. President Donald Trump’s fiscal 2018 budget
MoreLt. Gen. Arnold Bunch, military deputy of the U.S. Air Forceâs acquisition office, has said Boeing has begun a schedule risk evaluation and will update the service branch by the first week of
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Lt. Gen. Arnold Bunch, military deputy of the U.S. Air Forceâs acquisition office, has said the service branchâs decision to award L3 Technologies a contract to perform systems integration work on the
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President Donald Trumpâs budget blueprint for fiscal 2018 would allocate $603 billion in funds for defense, Bloomberg reported Wednesday. Government officials told Bloomberg that the proposed defense budget would appropriate funds for the
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The U.S. Air Force plans to grant L3 Technologies authority to determine how to replace the military branch’s EC-130H Compass Call electronic attack aircraft, Defense One reported Tuesday. Lt. Gen. Arnold Bunch, military deputy to the Air
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The White House said President Donald Trump has helped reduce the cost of the future Air Force One replacement aircraft by millions of dollars since he took office, Defense News reported Friday.
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National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster met with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss topics such as defense and counterterrorism cooperation between the U.S. and India. McMaster, a U.S. Army lieutenant general, also spoke with his Indian counterpart Ajit Doval and Foreign
MoreThe U.S. Air Force and the National Nuclear Security Administration have evaluated the non-nuclear functions of a gravity bomb during a qualification flight test held at Tonopah Test Range in Nevada. NNSA said Thursday the
MoreSean Stackley, acting secretary of the U.S. Navy, has said Boeing‘s proposed Block III version of the Super Hornet aircraft could supplement the carrier variant of the Lockheed Martin-built F-35 aircraft, Breaking Defense reported Thursday.
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