Yearly Archive: 2022

F-35 Availability Increasing, But Flight Hours Declining: CBO

F-35 Availability Increasing, But Flight Hours Declining: CBO

Complementing earlier research by the Congressional Budget Office, this report examines the availability and use of the Department of Defense’s (DoD’s) F-35 fighter aircraft. The F-35 has three variants: the F-35A, operated by the Air Force; the F-35B, operated by the Marine Corps; and the F-35C, op…
Slovakia Stands Up Air Defenses to Protect Its Airspace 24/7

Slovakia Stands Up Air Defenses to Protect Its Airspace 24/7

SVK Ground-Based Air Defence (GBAD) systems are protecting airspace over eastern Slovakia from aerial threats. Air defenders have moved their GBAD assets into firing positions so as to cover as much Slovakia’s eastern territory as possible.

Elsewhere, the Slovak military’s air surveillance syste…

Lockheed Wins $261M for F-35 Long-Lead Time Materials

Lockheed Wins $261M for F-35 Long-Lead Time Materials

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a not-to-exceed $261,425,000 fixed-price incentive (firm target) modification (P00010) to a previously awarded contract (N0001920C0009).

This modification increases scope for the procurement of long lead-time m…

Pentagon Releases List of Weapons, Kit Supplied to Ukraine

Pentagon Releases List of Weapons, Kit Supplied to Ukraine

The security assistance the Biden Administration is providing to Ukraine is enabling critical success on the battlefield against the Russian invading force.

The Administration is working around the clock to fulfill Ukraine’s priority security assistance requests, delivering weapons from U.S. stoc…

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