The U.S. Air Force’s acquisition chief said Feb. 18 that he expects a congressional backlash over how a recent revamp of the Next Generation Air Dominance procurement strategy could drive up the average procurement unit cost (APUC) of a sixth-generation fighter.

The service says there are sufficient quantities of the airborne system to support the National Defense Strategy.

Boeing has requested a license from the U.S. State Department so that it can add briefing materials about the F-15EX once the Indian Air Force finalizes requirements for a new fighter tender, the company said in an emailed statement.

The nearly $4 billion in procurement reprogramming is taken from the U.S. Navy, Air Force, and National Guard.

Derek Tournear leads the Pentagon’s Space Development Agency that is charged with defining a National Defense Space Architecture that addresses eight critical yet unmet priorities outlined in the Defense Department Space Vision.

Babcock CEO Archie Bethel says the company is unlikely to make any additional investments in its oil-and-gas helicopter support business and suggests it will exit the business once existing contracts have been fulfilled.

Airbus has taken another €1.2 billion ($1.3 billion) charge on its A400M airlifter program as a result of changes in export assumptions.

“I think all of us expected it to be a crawl, walk, run sort of situation,” the committee’s ranking member, Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) told reporters Feb. 12.