Boeing Receives U.S. Navy Multiyear Contract for F/A-18 Block III Super Hornet Production worth $4 billion
ARLINGTON, VA, March. 20, 2019 – With a three-year contract award for 78 F/A-18 Block III Super Hornets, Boeing will play a vital role in the U.S. Navy’s fleet modernization efforts. The Block III configuration adds capability upgrades that include enhanced network...
Navy budget robustly funds and NAVSEA seeks sources capable of building a Large Unmanned Surface Vessel (LUSV)
Immediately upon the Navy's release of its Fiscal Year 2020 (FY20) budget request allocating $400 million for two large [200- to 300-foot, 2,000 ton] unmanned surface vehicles in its RDT&E account, the Navy released a Large Unmanned Surface Vessel (LUSV) Sources...
DOD Releases Fiscal Year 2020 Budget Proposal
March 12, 2019NewsRelease No: NR-049-19 “Today the Department of Defense rolls out our FY 2020 budget proposal. With the largest research and development request in 70 years, this strategy-driven budget makes necessary investments in next-generation technology, space,...
Trump Administration’s FY 2020 Defense Budget Request
Supporting National Security: Protecting the American People, the Homeland, and the American Way of Life 11 March 2019 As described in the President’s National Security Strategy, the Government’s fundamental responsibility is to protect the American people, the...
Pentagon to submit $750 billion FY20 Defense Budget Request to Congress
10 March 2019 More than a month late based on the Federal Government shutdowns, Tuesday, 12 March will see the Trump Administration release the broad outlines of its Fiscal Year 2020 (FY20) budget request to the Congress. (Programmatic details will come on 18 March.)...
Heather Wilson, Secretary of the Air Force, announces resignation
AFNS - 8 March 2019 Upon a favorable final vote by the regents, Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson announced her resignation March 8, after serving in her position as the service’s top civilian since May 2017, to accept the role as president of the University...
Air Force awards contracts for millions in minutes to dozens of contractors in Inaugural Pitch Day
New York, NY - 7 March 2019 The Air Force awarded 51 companies contracts with a total initial value of $8.75 million in a matter of minutes at the Inaugural Air Force Pitch Day event held March 6-7, 2019, in New York City. Air Force Pitch Day is modeled after...
U.S. Navy Releases Draft RFP for FFG(X) Frigate, final RFP intended in Q4 FY19
Must be based on existing design and manufactured in USPrime contractors must have SECRET clearanceIndustry Day at NAVSEA on 19 March 2019 FFG(X) Guided Missile Frigate Detail Design & Construction -...
High F-35 Operating Costs informing prospective USAF F-15X Acquisition
1 March 2019 A key topic of discussion at this week's AFA Air Power Symposium is the Trump Administration's pending Fiscal Year 2020 (FY20) budget and its anticipated inclusion of funding for the acquisition of new-builtF-15X fighter aircraft from Boeing Company. (It...
F-35C Achieves Initial Operational Capability
Date: 2/28/2019 - CNAF Public Affairs SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- The Commander, Naval Air Forces and the U.S. Marine Corps Deputy Commandant for Aviation jointly announced that the aircraft carrier variant of the Joint Strike Fighter, the F-35C Lightning II, met all...