U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)

By Brian Everstine
The deployment plan overhauls how personnel prepare to deploy, creating four six-month stages.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
Sierra Nevada has conducted the first flight of its Rapcon-X aircraft, a Bombardier Global 6500 SNC is developing for an Army ISR prototyping program.
Emerging Technologies

By Steve Trimble, Brian Everstine
As a technicality threatens to disrupt the program, Army officials laid out long-term plans for fielding and upgrading the future HADES fleet.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Mark Carreau
The audit recommends that the agency conduct at least one schedule risk analysis prior to introduction of the new Mobile Launcher 2 (ML2).
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
NASA must document efforts to address the greater-than-planned mass of the first two modules for its lunar-orbiting human-tended Gateway, says GAO auditors.
Space

By Brian Everstine
AFSOC and L3Harris announced the deliveries in social media posts.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Robert Wall
The U.S. Navy aims to declare initial operational capability for the Next-Generation Jammer’s mid-band system before the end of September after multiple delays.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon will continue with the Northrop Grumman LGM-35A Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile program, despite an 81% cost increase.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The Government Accountability Office, in a report on NGI released June 26, says the agency is making progress developing the system.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Mark Carreau
NASA suffered significant cost growth on some major programs even as the agency managed to get control over problems with some of its flagship efforts, GAO says.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force did not back up its proposal to retire older Block 20 F-22s sufficiently, the Government Accountability Office argues in a new report.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force is close to an agreement with Boeing on the E-7A Wedgetail program, after cost disagreements derailed the program for months.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Steve Trimble
Lockheed Martin could potentially park 84 F-35s in temporary storage before receiving approval to resume deliveries with a new software update, the GAO says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
U.S. Special Operations Command is working to identify new requirements for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance as it prioritizes the OA-1K aircraft.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Sean Broderick
Creativity isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when one thinks about aircraft maintenance.
Supply Chain

By Mark Carreau
FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST) faces long-running challenges in addressing safety concerns for human commercial spaceflight passengers.
Space

By Brian Everstine
Pentagon and Air Force officials have repeatedly said the Sentinel program is critical and must continue.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
Congressional leaders are planning to increase oversight of the U.S. Air Force’s massive intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) modernization program.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Irene Klotz
An orbital propellant depot and fueling service are keys to the Starship lunar lander architecture.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The FAA has agreed to a pair of recommendations from a GAO audit concerning current procedures for investigating commercial space mishaps.
Space

By Steve Trimble
The fighter needs more cooling system capacity to keep electronics from overheating, but long-term requirements may entail major changes.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Does the U.S. Defense Department understand what is happening in the defense industrial base when it comes to mergers and acquisitions (M&A).
Supply Chain

By Steve Trimble
The Pentagon still lacks a plan to successfully wrestle sustainment functions away from the collection of contractors that now jealously own those roles.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
NASA officials have acknowledged the evolving Space Launch System rocket is unaffordable at current cost levels.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force and Northrop Grumman see schedule delays for ICBM replacement as a massive military construction effort takes shape.
Budget, Policy & Operations