A discussion with the Honorable William LaPlante: Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition) With a robust acquisition program, the U.S. Air Force is posturing for future acquisition successes ...

“Given the importance of space acquisition programs, both the Space Development Agency and Space Systems Command require full-time leadership, and the Department of the Air Force has named M ...

The Air Force has certainly hit rough patches in the acquisition world in the past few years, perhaps most notably represented by ballooning costs for a new ICBM. Reflecting on his tenure ...

U.S. Air Force Taps Acquisition Veteran As Acting SDA Director is published in Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, an Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) Market Briefing and is included with ...

As Troy Meink awaits a Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) hearing as President Trump’s nominee to become Air Force secretary, the new administration named Gary Ashworth as the acting service ...

Air Force acquisition chief Andrew Hunter said in a Wednesday release. “Acquisition programs cannot be stagnant, even when they are fixed-price,” Hunter said. “This is why I’ve directed ...

ALOR GAJAH, Feb 1 — The acquisition of 30 used F/A-18C/D Hornet fighter jets from Kuwait is expected to be finalised this year once all the documentation between the Kuwait Air Force (KAF) and the ...

Dec. 6, 2024. Credit: U.S. Air Force Join our newsletter to get the latest military space news every Tuesday by veteran defense journalist Sandra Erwin. WASHINGTON — Outgoing Air Force Secretary ...

The Air Force is further delaying the production contract for its newest trainer aircraft, the T-7 Red Hawk, and will expand its testing in a major reorganization of the program's acquisition ...

Those jets are to be delivered to the air force in FY2026. Air force acquisition chief Andrew Hunter on 15 January said the additional test capacity will allow the service to expedite some aspects ...

31 and obtained by Breaking Defense, Steven Morani, who is performing the duties of the DoD undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment, requests the Department of the Air Force to set up an ...