Boeing to assist Air Force with airborne control of drones

Boeing Co. will assist the Air Force Research Laboratory to further develop and demonstrate technologies for the airborne launch and recovery of unmanned aerial vehicles under a new contract.

HP to build cyber monitoring system for Air Force

HP Enterprise Services will furnish the Air Force with a new command and control system capable of boosting its cyber defense capabilities under a new contract.

Raytheon helps Air Force improve its weather forecasting

Raytheon Co. will help the Air Force improve its next-generation weather systems under a $21.8 million contract.

Boeing pilots data-rich path

Boeing focuses its growth on areas that are rich in building and protecting systems that move mission-critical information and data for government customers.

Harris props up Air Force command and control systems

Harris Corp. will secure command and control systems for the Air Force under a $12 million Enterprise Security Support prime contract.

Serco award boosts Air Force logistics

Serco Inc. will upgrade the Air Force's logistics information and data system operations under a Consolidated Acquisition of Professional Services contract valued at approximately $14 million over two years.

Avaya prevails on Air Force $64M recompete award

Avaya Government Solutions has won a recompete contract from the Air Force valued at approximately $64 million to provide information assurance, network assessment and network engineering support.

Alion to support Air Force information analysis center

Alion Science and Technology Corp. will provide research and testing services to the Air Force Weapon Systems Technology Information Analysis Center under a new contract.

Small business fights insourcing...and wins

A Texas company fought back when the Air Force tried to insource its work, and the case illustrates the growing tension between industry and government over who should do what work.

L-3 to shield Air Force networks under $152M contract

L-3 Communications Corp. will assist the Air Forces Central Command in protecting the security of its network operations under a five-year contract.

Booz Allen to help Air Force boost cyber capabilities

Booz Allen and Hamilton Inc. has won a pair of contracts that total approximately $34.2 million to help the Air Force strengthen its cyber defense capabilities, the Defense Department has announced.

Air Force names new chief information officer

Brig. Gen. Ian R. Dickinson will head up communications and information activities at Headquarters Air Force Space Command.

Does the military have too many drones?

The military might be taking on more unmanned aircraft than it can handle.

ManTech boosts AF space program with $160M contract

ManTech International Corp. will provide system engineering and integration services to the Air Force under a prime 10-year contract that has an initial value of $15.6 million and a total value of $160 million.

L-3 will put more AF pilots in the virtual driver’s seat

The Air Force has awarded L-3 Communications LLP a $20.9 million contract option to build another technologically advanced F-16 Mission Training Center.

Air Force wants to fuse command and control across domains

The Air Force Research Laboratory is inviting contractors to submit white papers on revolutionary information technologies that can advance the integration of command and control capabilities across cyber, air and space domains.

Air Force finally details NETCENTS-2 requirements

The Air Force wants to implement network-centric systems and common standard data within the service and the Global Information Grid.

Netcents-2 stalls with new delays

A series of delays has kept the Air Force’s Network Centric Solutions-2 program in a holding pattern. Two of the four request for proposals expected at the end of January have still not emerged, and the remaining RFPs might be months away.

Raytheon wins $886M award to boost GPS accuracy

Raytheon Co. has won an initial contract from the Air Force worth $886 million to develop a new element of the Global Positioning System that will improve the accuracy of information from GPS satellites.