MilitarySenate Wants More Oversight of F-35 Sustainment Costs The U.S. Senate has approved a proposal that would require the Pentagon to regularly brief lawmakers on efforts to contain sustainment costs for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. The measure would require…
MilitaryUS Customs Wants New Early Warning Radar for P-3 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) this week issued a request for information to industry for market research on new airborne early warning (AEW) radar for some of its P-3 surveillance aircraft typically flown…
MilitaryF-35 Development Contract Pushed Back The U.S. Department of Defense plans to award a major follow-on development contract for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter in June 2019, about 10 months later than previously planned, according to a…
MilitaryF-15 on the Cusp of Overdue Upgrade to Digital Defense System The Eagle Passive/Active Warning Survivability System (EPAWSS), which is intended to improve the ability of U.S. Air Force F-15 fighter jets to detect and counter air and ground threats, is on track…
MilitaryUS Navy Sinks Unmanned Systems Office, Rethinks Approach The U.S. Navy has disestablished the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Unmanned Systems (DASN UxS) a mere two and a half years after standing it up in October 2015. Assistant…
MilitaryNew No-Drone Zones Hone DOD Counter-UAS Authority Responding to a request to enhance unmanned aircraft flight restrictions over military bases, the FAA recently made the airspace over three new U.S. Defense Department facilities no-drone zones and extended the restricted…
MilitaryUS Air Force Studying F-35 Management In Preparation for JPO's Dissolution The U.S. Air Force is exploring how it will oversee its share of the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter program in light of the U.S. Defense Department’s recent decision to give the military…
MilitaryUS Air Force Looking for Light-Attack Aircraft Bids As Soon as This Year A U.S. Air Force competition to buy light-attack aircraft might formally begin in as few as five months, according to an industry source. The service has told aircraft manufacturers that it expects…
UnmannedUS DHS, DOJ Receive Counter-Drone Authority Under Proposed Senate Bill A small bipartisan group of senators Monday introduced legislation that would give the U.S. departments of Homeland Security (DHS) and Justice (DOJ) authority to defeat threats posed by unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to…
MilitaryUS Defense Authorization Bill Passes HASC, Includes Funding For 77 F-35s The U.S. House Armed Services Committee (HASC) approved its fiscal year 2019 defense authorization bill by a 60-to-1 vote early May 10 after more than 14 hours of deliberations on various amendments.…
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