A collection of quotes on air power, space power, and national security issues.
Rapid Acquisition & Sustainment
The use of digital engineering and modeling to design, develop, and sustain new systems is not a passing fad, but a change that is here to stay.
Boeing reported a $3.3 billion loss in the third quarter of 2022, driven by deepening woes in its defense business, the company announced Oct. 26. Boeing's defense, space, and security sector lost $2.8 billion in cost overruns on fixed-price development contracts.
Lockheed Martin says it is still pitching its LMXT tanker to the Air Force amid a looming requirements announcement for the KC-Y tanker program. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall has cast doubt on whether a KC-Y program would field a wholly new aircraft and has ...
The Department of the Air Force’s biggest acquisition accounts generally kept costs down in fiscal 2021 compared to the year before, even as the programs' projected timelines continued to lengthen, a new DAF report found. In particular, the report showed significant cost savings in the ...
The U.S. still lags China and Russia in development and deployment of hypersonic weapon systems, and it will take a huge investment in education, test capacity and manufacturing capabilities to catch up, experts and members of Congress said in a streaming seminar broadcast by The ...
Royal Australian Air Force Air Commodore Johnny Haly led a discussion on "Accelerating Space Acquisition" with Frank Calvelli, assistant secretary of the U.S. Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration; Kelly Hammett, director of the Space Rapid Capabilities Office; Brig. Gen. Stephen J. Purdy, program ...
A collection of quotes on air power, space power, and national security issues
Retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Doug Raaberg led a discussion with Andrew Hunter, assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisition, technology, and logistics and Gen. Duke Z. Richardson, commander of Air Force Materiel Command, on "Accelerating Acquisition" at AFA's 2022 Air, Space & Cyber ...