Gen. Carlton Everhart, head of the Air Mobility Command, has said he has asked the Defense Departmentâs new innovation office and defense contractors to offer ideas for a new electronic “cloaking” device for
MoreBoeing has signed a potential $3 billion deal to supply 30 737 MAX passenger aircraft to Iran Aseman Airlines. The memorandum of agreement will also provide the Iranian carrier with rights to procure
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Brig. Gen. Duke Richardson, program executive officer for tankers at the U.S. Air Force, has been promoted to the rank of major general and has been appointed PEO to oversee the Air
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The Government Accountability Office has found that the U.S. Air Forceâs $44 billion tanker modernization program that aims to replace a third of the service branchâs KC-135 aerial refueling planes with Boeing-built KC-46 aircraft has
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Air Force Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan, head of the F-35 joint program office, has said an âaffordability compendiumâ that outlines initiatives on how to reduce the fighter programâs costs has now been handed to Defense Secretary
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President Donald Trump intends to nominate Patrick Shanahan, Boeing senior vice president of supply chain and operations, as deputy secretary of defense. Trump announced plans to nominate Shanahan and five other individuals
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Air Force Gen. John Hyten, head of the U.S. Strategic Command, has said the U.S. Navy could work with the U.S. Air Force to develop an airborne command-and-control aircraft that will replace
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Darlene Costello, acting U.S. Air Force acquisition chief, has said the White House is not likely to lessen requirements for the next presidential aircraft, Defense News reported Thursday. Valerie Insinna writes Costello told
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President Donald Trump looks to acquire a new variant of Boeing-built Super Hornet fighter jets to replace some orders of Lockheed Martin‘s F-35 aircraft, DoD Buzz reported Friday. Oriana Pawlyk writes Trump told reporters at
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The Government Accountability Office has urged NASA to develop a contingency plan for U.S. operations at the International Space Station beyond 2018 as the contractors on the Commercial Crew Program are not able to meet certification requirements this
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