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Feb 11, 2020
The U.S. Air Force must decide how to fill an aerial refueling shortfall exacerbated by KC-46 delays and an aging KC-10 fleet.
Feb 11, 2020
The Pentagon has caved to congressional pressure and decided to fully fund the midlife refueling of the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) and restore the aircraft carrier’s associated airwing in its fiscal 2021 budget request.
Feb 11, 2020
The U.S. Air Force wants to buy new F-35A and F-15EX aircraft in fiscal 2021 while simultaneously funding modernization efforts for F-22, F-15 and F-16 aircraft to remain ready to fight in all domains.
Feb 10, 2020
Collins Aerospace has named Stephen Timm as president in place of Kelly Ortberg, who is leaving his CEO’s role to become a special advisor to the chief executive of United Technologies Corp. as it merges with Raytheon.
Feb 10, 2020
The Trump administration’s fiscal 2021 defense budget request is “flat” for the Pentagon but doubles down on space, hypersonic and cyber capabilities against China, Russia and others and would make recent changes to the national security structure “irreversible,” officials said Feb 10.
Feb 10, 2020
The U.S. Defense Department (DOD) plans to acquire five light-attack aircraft in fiscal 2021 to support the Special Operations Command’s newly launched Armed Overwatch program.
Feb 10, 2020
NASA has substantially increased funding requested for aeronautics research in fiscal 2021 over the spending level envisioned a year ago.
Feb 10, 2020
The U.S. Marine Corps is halving its planned 2021 buy of F-35Bs to 10 jets, while the Navy is purchasing three fewer F-35Cs than in the previous year’s budget projection.