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Senators Demand Budget Review for B-3, Warn on KC-46A
The U.S. Senate has barely resumed its deliberations after a month-long recess and already the U.S. Air Force and two of its major programs are taking more heat.
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Do KC-46A Tanker Problems Jeopardize Boeing Bid for New Bomber?
Northrop won the contract for the previous version of the Air Force bomber, the B-2, and has got to be considered to have the inside track for the new contract.
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$6.7 Billion Contract for Humvee Replacement Won by Oshkosh
The U.S. Army has awarded a $6.7 billion firm, fixed-price production contract to Oshkosh Defense to build approximately 17,000 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles.
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Cost Estimates on New Air Force Bomber Draw Questions From Congress
A letter from California Congresswoman Jackie Speier to Air Force Secretary Deborah James demandes to know why the program cost for the Long-Range Strike Bomber (LRS-B), or B-3, has jumped 76% in…
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US Navy Prepping F-35C Carrier Test
The U.S. Navy is planning to test the carrier version of the Joint Strike Fighter, the F-35C, aboard the aircraft carrier Eisenhower during the first few weeks of October.
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Container Store, Ericsson, Lumber Liquidators, Micron, Disney and Many More
Thursday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations include Container Store, Ericsson, Lumber Liquidators, Micron Technology and Walt Disney.
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Is the US Air Force Looking for Another All-New Airplane?
U.S. Air ForceThe U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command (ACC) last week released its 2015 strategy review, “Securing the High Ground,” primarily a guide for updating and modernizing the existing fleet. Near…
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Top 10 US Defense Contractors
ThinkstockU.S. spending on national defense is tightening, but it is still a vast sum. Depending on what is counted, the grand total including items for retirement benefits, the Department of Homeland Security,…
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US Air Force Awards $21 Billion Contract to 25 Companies
The U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Air Force have announced a multiple-award contract with a ceiling of nearly $21 billion for Air Force Training Systems.
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Top 5 Defense Industry Lobbyists
In order to make money you have to spend money. Among those who live by those words are defense contractors.
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What the Sikorsky Sale Means to Lockheed and United Tech
Lockheed Martin has announced that it entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Sikorsky Aircraft from United Technology for $9 billion.
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What a Sikorsky Sale Would Mean for Lockheed and United Tech
If the reports are accurate, Lockheed Martin may be paying $8 billion or more to United Technology for its Sikorsky unit.
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Explosion Delivers Setback to SpaceX
On Sunday, a Falcon 9 rocket disintegrated just minutes after launch from Cape Canaveral as it was on a mission to resupply the International Space Station.
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GAO Faults Air Force Decision to Retire the Warthog
The U.S. Air Force wants to retire the A-10, aka the Warthog, and move the maintenance crews to the anointed successor F-35. The GAO is not convinced.
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US Government Approves Fighter Plane Sale to Lebanon
The U.S. State Department recently approved two sales of military equipment to Lebanon: Tucano turboprop fighter planes and Hellfire II missiles.