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Air Force

Air Force’s Tactical Airlift Fleet Likely Has Excess Capacity, Morin Says

Wednesday, January 16th, 2013

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The Air Force likely has more than it needs in its tactical airlift fleet, which means it could be targeted for future right-sizing, according to the service’s comptroller. Air Force Acting Under Secretary and Assistant Secretary for Financial Management and Comptroller Jamie Morin said yesterday at an Air Force Association breakfast in Arlington, Va., as the Air Force shrinks in size, a key challenge is figuring out how to operationalize that smaller force to prevent it from hollowing out. “In…

Navy Leaders Downplay Looking At Foreign Navy Shipbuilding Amid Lawmaker Objections

The Navy’s top leaders this week seemed to downplay and back down on the service potentially using foreign shipyards to build U.S. Navy ships or buying foreign designed warships overseas […]

Army

Senate Defense Appropriators See ‘Risk’ With Army’s Reconciliation Plan To Fund Munitions Increase

The Senate’s top defense appropriators cited concern this week with the Army’s request to fund the majority of its large increase to munitions procurement in fiscal year 2027 through the […]

Army

Army Relooking At Its ‘Whole Aviation Transformation’ Plan, Acting Chief Tells Lawmakers

The Army is relooking at its “whole aviation transformation initiative,” the service’s acting chief of staff told lawmakers on Tuesday, to include its approach for future procurement of “enduring” platforms. […]

Army

Lawmakers Request DoD Briefing On Army’s Planned Cuts To Aviation Procurement

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers has sent a letter asking the Pentagon for a briefing on the potential industrial base impacts as a result of the Army’s planned cuts […]