By Andrea Shalal-Esa WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates plans an "expedited recompetition" for $35 billion worth of new aerial refueling tankers to be overseen by the Pentagon's chief weapons buyer, according to two congressional aides and a third source...
By Jim Wolf WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The ousted head of the U.S. Air Force said Friday he expected the service to seek new bids for midair refueling aircraft from Boeing Co and Northrop Grumman Corp after federal auditors faulted the selection process for...
By Jim Wolf FARNBOROUGH (Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp's LMT F-22 "Raptor" fighter jet, widely considered the world's most advanced, is set to streak through a milestone performance here on Monday for a U.S. warplane that unlike most others remains off...
By Jim Wolf and Sarah Marsh FARNBOROUGH (Reuters UK) - Lockheed Martin's F-22 "Raptor" fighter jet, widely considered the world's most advanced, streaked through a milestone performance on Monday for a warplane that money cannot buy. The 15-minute display of dips, dives and pirouettes was a...
By Jim Wolf LONDON (Reuters) - The chief executive of Lockheed Martin Corp LMT, the Pentagon's No. 1 supplier, called the overturn of a $35 billion U.S. Air Force tanker deal involving Europe's EADS a contracting hitch, not a trade issue, and urged...
By Andrea Shalal-Esa and Jim Wolf WASHINGTON (Reuters UK) - Defence Secretary Robert Gates on Wednesday reopened a bitter $35 billion (17.7 billion pounds) aerial tanker contest after the selection process that picked Northrop Grumman Corp NOC and EADS EAD over Boeing Co BA was...
By Andrea Shalal-Esa and Jim Wolf WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Wednesday reopened a bitter $35 billion aerial tanker contest after the selection process that picked Northrop Grumman Corp NOC and EADS EAD over Boeing Co BA was found to...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Air Force told Boeing Co BA it had fully met a key requirement in competing for a $35 billion aerial refueling program but then changed its evaluation without telling the company, government auditors said on...
There exists a growing need to reduce operating costs within the United States Air Force by using Commercial Off-The-Shelf COTS equipment. A successful example of how this has been accomplished is the Common Aircraft Portable Reprogramming Equipment CAPRE. CAPRE is the current Air Force's flight line equipment of choice that...
The Jet Engine Intermediate Maintenance JEIM shop traditionally has been located with the fighter unit it supports. Expeditionary requirements for quick deployment have led the U.S. Air Force to consider whether intermediate maintenance ought to be centralized. In operations against Serbia in 1999, logisticians established centralized engine repair facilities at...
Advances in information technology are changing the way the United States Air Force operates. Particularly, the Air Force wanted to modernize its information systems and improve its financial operations. The existing financial system includes disparate legacy computer systems that isolate budget data, making the process cumbersome and costly. The Air...
Nellis Air Force Base, located outside of Las Vegas, Nevada, needed power to provide total autonomous operation of their Cubic Defense Systems. The power systems were required to withstand the windy, hot desert environment in helicopter-only accessible locations. Northern Power Systems supplied TeleSol photovoltaic stand-alone systems to Cubic Defense. Each...
The Center, an Air Staff Forward Operating Agency FOA, manages both classified and unclassified computer networks and needed a new PC system that would both increase security of technology and data assets while bringing across-the-board efficiencies and cost savings. The HQ AFSFC replaced the desktop systems throughout the organization with...
Randolph AFB is a 3.6 million sq. ft. military base which includes administration buildings, base housings and airplane hangars. Reduce energy consumption by 30 percent by the year 2005 in compliance with Executive Order 12902. Reduce overall maintenance and operating costs. Enter into an Energy Savings Performance Contract with Johnson...
Nellis is a 7.5-8 million sq. ft. military base which includes administration buildings, base housings and airplane hangers. Reduce energy and water consumption to comply with EPAct 1992 and Executive Order 12902. Improve quality of life for military and civilian base personnel through more efficient lighting and energy management of...
The U.S. Air Force delivers 2,000 business and IT courses, more than 300,000 Referenceware licenses, and 22 custom courses to a global audience. The solution is mapped to Air Force Job Qualification Standards for targeted crew positions and delivered on a combination of platforms. The Air Force and SkillSoft are...
The Joint Battlespace Infosphere JBI is defined as a combat information management system that provides individual users with the specific information required for their functional responsibilities and provides uniform rules for publishing new and updated objects into the JBI and promptly alerts any JBI clients that have subscribed to such...
To successfully approach reuse and the associated certification considerations, a rigorous understanding of reuse is important. This paper, from a certifiability perspective, defines reuse, discusses reuse drivers and typical reuse scenarios, and details the various types of reuse. In addition, a brief overview of a reuse analysis and implementation approach...
Formed in 1944 and headquartered in Oslo, the Royal Norwegian Air Force RNoAF has been an important part of both Norway's and NATO's defense strategies for more than half a century. The end of the Cold War necessitated numerous strategic and operational changes for RNoAF, most notably base closures and...
The success of the Expeditionary Air Force depends on the ability of the warfighter to deliver lethal firepower against an adversarial force. Victory requires the readiness and availability of mission-capable fighters, bombers, and transport aircraft to move supplies forward to support wartime operations. However, keeping aircraft mission capable has become...
