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By Frank Wolfe KIRTLAND AFB, N.M.--The Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) here is working on an All Gas-Phase Iodine Laser (AGIL) project to develop a lighter chemical laser that the [...]

By Frank Wolfe WASHINGTON--The Senate's version of the FY '02 Defense Appropriations Bill contains an amendment by Sen. Kit Bond (R-Mo.) to assess the risks of a one supplier industrial [...]

By Frank Wolfe KIRTLAND AFB, N.M.--The speed and range capabilities of the Boeing [BA]- Bell Helicopter Textron [TXT] CV-22 tiltrotor would aid the military in combat search and rescue (CSAR) […]

By Frank Wolfe WASHINGTON--The Air Force began outfitting Textron [TXT] Sensor Fuzed Weapons (SFW) with Lockheed Martin [LMT] Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser (WCMD) tail kits about a month and a [...]

By Frank Wolfe The Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC), in a draft of its report on the FY '02 Defense Appropriations Bill, recommends cutting $25 million from the $50 million budget […]

By Frank Wolfe A group of Georgia lawmakers is urging the Pentagon to support a multiyear procurement for the Air Force C-130J airlifter in its FY '03 budget request to […]

By Frank Wolfe WASHINGTON--The Marine Corps is to test a limited number of 120mm mortars over the next several months as the service tries to improve its fire support capabilities, [...]

By Frank Wolfe WASHINGTON--The Air Force has employed the Lockheed Martin [LMT] Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser (WCMD) for the first time in combat on bombs dropped by B-52 bombers, which [...]

By Frank Wolfe WASHINGTON--Air Force leaders are asking industry for ideas by mid- December in three areas of emphasis that the service believes are needed in the current conflict in [...]

By Frank Wolfe The Bush administration wants congressional appropriators to restore $385 million for the Space Based Infrared System-Low (SBIRS-Low) that was zeroed in the House's version of the FY […]

By Frank Wolfe NAVAL AMPHIBIOUS BASE LITTLE CREEK, Va.--Marine Corps officers on Monday rode an Australian-made shallow draft, high speed vessel (HSV-X1) that the service is testing to investigate the [...]

By Frank Wolfe WASHINGTON--The requirement for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) to have an integrated avionics system poses a challenge for TRW [TRW], but one that the company believes it [...]

By Frank Wolfe WASHINGTON--Boeing [BA] is finishing concept exploration on a Precision Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM), a future version of the weapon that will require a seeker, a company [...]

By Frank Wolfe A Lockheed Martin [LMT] Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) struck near the lethal impact point of a relocatable radar tower target yesterday during the missile's sixth developmental […]

By Frank Wolfe WASHINGTON--The Pentagon needs to do a better job of integrating its airborne and space reconnaissance capabilities, Peter Teets, DoD's nominee to become undersecretary of the Air Force, [...]

By Frank Wolfe WASHINGTON--Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) last week proposed a $32.3 billion increase in supplemental funding to the FY '02 Defense Authorization Bill to respond to terrorist threats and [...]

By Frank Wolfe An amendment by Rep. Bill Young (R-Fla.), chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, to the FY '02 Defense Appropriations Bill would add about $79 million to the […]

By Frank Wolfe WASHINGTON--Air Combat Command's (ACC) Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) on the future Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) platform has excluded upgrades to the 105 Sikorsky [UTX] HH-60G Pave [...]

By Frank Wolfe WASHINGTON--The current Afghan conflict, in which Taliban forces may employ Raytheon [RTN] Stinger man-portable air defense systems (MANPADS), points to the necessity of the Large Aircraft Infrared [...]

By Frank Wolfe WASHINGTON--The military's heavy use of aging Boeing [BA] KC-135E tankers to refuel fighters engaged in the conflict against the Taliban in Afghanistan points to the need for [...]

By Frank Wolfe WASHINGTON--The $40 billion supplemental for rebuilding efforts in New York City and the Pentagon and for federal agencies, including the war against the Taliban in Afghanistan, is [...]

By Frank Wolfe WASHINGTON--Standard Air Force lower body gravity suits (G-suits) for pilots flying the Raytheon [RTN] Joint Primary Aircraft Training System (JPATS) aircraft are to reduce the number of [...]

By Frank Wolfe WASHINGTON--The House Appropriations Committee (HAC), in its markup of the FY '02 Defense Appropriations Bill on Wednesday, sliced funding for the DD- 21 future destroyer, while adding [...]

By Frank Wolfe WASHINGTON--The Air Force may eventually need several hundred Boeing [BA] 767 aircraft for tanking and other missions, like intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), Rep. Norm Dicks (D-Wash.) [...]

By Frank Wolfe WASHINGTON--Rep. Curt Weldon (R-Pa.), said last week he will press the White Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to increase the Pentagon's share of the $20 billion [...]

By Frank Wolfe WASHINGTON--Rep. Norm Dicks (D-Wash.), a member of the House Appropriations Committee's defense panel (HAC-D), has been working with Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-Calif.), chairman of HAC-D, to see [...]

By Frank Wolfe WASHINGTON--The Pentagon's portion of the $40 billion FY '01 emergency supplemental includes upgrades to the Air Force's RC-135 electronic reconnaissance aircraft and an acceleration of the service's [...]

By Frank Wolfe If the United States decides on military action to combat terrorism, the Air Force may use the Rapid Response Process (RRP), which aims to accelerate the fielding […]

By Frank Wolfe WASHINGTON--The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), in its markup of the FY '02 Defense Authorization Bill last week, cut the Bush administration's request for theater missile defense [...]

By Frank Wolfe WASHINGTON--Significant changes to the FY '02 defense bills, including bolstered intelligence and anti-terrorism provisions, are likely as a result of Tuesday's terrorist attacks which destroyed the World [...]

By Frank Wolfe Reps. Ike Skelton (D-Mo.) and John Spratt (D-S.C.) plan to offer an amendment to the FY '02 Defense Authorization Bill that would eliminate the national missile defense […]

By Frank Wolfe The Pentagon's $328.9 billion budget request, an $18.4 billion increase over the earlier submission for FY '02, is fully justified, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld told the Senate […]

By Frank Wolfe Top Pentagon officials held a Defense Acquisition Board (DAB) meeting yesterday on whether to authorize low-rate initial production (LRIP) for 10 Air Force F-22 fighters by Lockheed […]

By Frank Wolfe The Air Force intends to pursue an operational program for Space Based Radar (SBR), rather than an experimental technology demonstration, as the service did for Discoverer II, […]

By Frank Wolfe A wiring harness built by Cicon has been identified as the problem in a recent engine flight test of the Miniature Air Launched Decoy (MALD), an Air […]

By Frank Wolfe WASHINGTON--The Pentagon has delayed a scheduled Defense Acquisition Board (DAB) meeting on the Air Force F-22 fighter by Lockheed Martin [LMT] from Aug. 9 to Aug. 14, [...]

By Frank Wolfe The Pentagon is likely to authorize low-rate initial production (LRIP) of the first 10 Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-22 fighters despite a production cost estimate gap between the […]

By Frank Wolfe Directed energy weapons will likely prove compatible for use by unmanned combat air vehicles (UCAV), Air Force Gen. John Jumper, the head of Air Combat Command and […]

By Frank Wolfe The House Armed Services Committee's (HASC) procurement panel yesterday marked up its part of the FY '02 Defense Authorization Bill, adding $123 million for upgrades to the […]

By Frank Wolfe The House Armed Services Committee's (HASC) research and development panel yesterday approved about $786 million for the development of a missile defense test bed in Alaska by […]

By Frank Wolfe The Air Force should focus on moving beyond its current interim plans for a Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures System (LAIRCM) to field a next generation Closed Loop […]

By Frank Wolfe Next week, some Democrats on the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) may offer amendments to the FY '02 Defense Authorization Bill that would shift some of the […]

By Frank Wolfe Appropriations conferees from the Senate and House of Representatives yesterday approved a $6.5 billion FY '01 supplemental, which includes an additional $80 million in research and development […]

By Frank Wolfe WASHINGTON--A recently-discovered interface problem with Raytheon's [RTN] AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) and Lockheed Martin's [LMT] F-16 fighter has delayed the award of Lot III full-rate production [...]

By Frank Wolfe The Air Force's B-1B bomber fleet has a 'very good future' if it is equipped with Lockheed Martin's [LMT] Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM), Air Force Secretary [...]

By Frank Wolfe The Air Force's F-22 fighter program is working to solve a "mild, uncommanded roll to the left" that the aircraft has experienced in a small area of […]

By Frank Wolfe A transformation panel involved in Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's top-to-bottom review did not recommend the termination of the CVNX future carrier or DD-21 future destroyer programs, the […]

By Frank Wolfe The Pentagon's FY '01 supplemental request and the House Appropriations Committee's (HAC) markup of the supplemental last week do not contain $65 million to replace the EP-3E […]