Camp Davis South sees its first C-17 in over 20 years
A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III landed at Camp Davis South, part of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, marking the first time the heavy-lift aircraft has touched down there in more than 20 years. The roughly 140-ton jet, longer than half a football field, landed alongside Canadian C-130 transports to support [β¦]
The U.S. Air Force just gave itself a lot more room to sell Boeingβs aerial refueling tanker overseas. In a contract modification worth $13.4 billion, the Air Force raised the ceiling on an existing Foreign Military Sales agreement for the KC-46A Pegasus tanker from $5.7 billion to $19.1 billion, more than tripling how much business [β¦]
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded BlueHalo a contract worth up to nearly $100 million for research and development work under a program called Leveraged Orbital Battlespace Optimization. The five-year, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract runs through August 29, 2031, and came out of a competitive process in which BlueHalo was the only company to submit [β¦]


The U.S. Air Force has added $826 million to its bulk missile contract with Lockheed Martin, pushing the total value of the deal past $10 billion for the first time. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, issued the contract modification for continued production of the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff [β¦]
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded Conti Federal Services a $74.8 million contract to build a new radio frequency and measurements hangar for the B-21 Raider stealth bomber at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri. The facility will include space for one B-21 aircraft, along with supporting workshops, material storage, and administrative offices. Three [β¦]
The U.S. Air Force has awarded four manufacturers a combined $149 million to build metal cases for large bunker-busting bombs, splitting the work across small forging and machining shops rather than a single prime contractor. Superior Forge and Steel of Lima, Ohio; Ellwood National Forge of Irvine, Pennsylvania; Faxon Machining LLC of Cincinnati, Ohio; and [β¦]