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The U.S. Air Force plans to buy up to six light-attack aircraft from Textron (NYSE: TXT) and a Sierra Nevada Corp.-Embraer team for use in training and experimental activities as part of the National Defense Strategy.

Vertex Aerospace has won a one-year, $97.5M contract from the U.S. Air Force to manage and sustain the base supply of T-1A Jayhawk trainers for the Air Education and Training Command. The company will support 178 T-1As stationed at air bases in Texas, Oklahoma and Mississippi as well as at Pensacola Naval …

A Yulista Holding subsidiary has secured a potential three-year, $264 million contract to help NASA operate and maintain aircraft at multiple agency facilities. Yulista Tactical Services will provide aircraft maintenance and flight operations services as well as engineering and operational support for airframes, engines and support equipment, NASA said Tuesday. The Aircraft Maintenance, Logistics, …

In its fiscal year 2018 budget request, the US Air Force (USAF) has requested funding for construction to improve aircraft ranges in Utah and Nevada. This would allow the USAF to utilize the full range of capabilities available to F-35A aircrews, said USAF Chief of Staff General David Goldfein and …

In a move that Defense One described as “unprecedented,” the U.S. Air Force plans to allow a defense company to choose the USAF’s new electronic-attack jet. According to industry sources and Pentagon officials, this is the first time in the 70-year history of the Air Force that a defense contractor has …

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) plays a starring role in President Donald Trump’s new executive orders, and CBP chief Ronald Vitiello spoke Wednesday morning at the Potomac Officers Club about the new opportunities and challenges ahead. Since Trump’s election, CBP has seen a “dramatic change in the flow of …

DynCorp International has won a $106.2 million contract to maintain and provide logistics services for aircraft and support equipment for the Naval Test Wing Atlantic. The Defense Department said Thursday that DynCorp will provide organizational-level maintenance for all rotary, fixed, lighter-than-air and unmanned aircraft on-site. Work will support project testing, transient …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 29, 2016 — Jeff Sorenson, head of A.T. Kearney‘s public sector and defense services segment, has said President-elect Donald Trump’s military expansion plans could spur growth in the defense sector, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Sorenson stated that potential policies under the next administration could help drive shipbuilding and …

Boeing (NYSE: BA) has received a $143.4 million contract modification from the Defense Logistics Agency to supply consumable items for various aircraft in support of the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force and foreign military sales customers. The Defense Department said Thursday the performance-based award is a modification to a previously awarded contract with …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 20, 2016 — Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has completed the first flight test for an E-2D Advanced Hawkeye early-warning aircraft equipped with an aerial refueling system, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The company said Thursday the aerial refueling function will work to boost the on-station time and range of …