U.S. Air Force

Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE:LMT) shares sold off on Friday after it was announced that Boeing Co. (NYSE:BA) was awarded a U.S. Air Force contract to design, build and deliver its next-generation fighter aircraft.   The Details: Reuters reported that Boeing won the $20-billion contract...

Blockchain firm SIMBA Chain has received a $30 million investment from the U.S. Air Force under its Strategic Technology Reachback and Analysis program (STRATFI). The investment will fund the development and deployment of blockchain applications in supply chain management, with a focus on...

A private, for-profit aeronautics school in Oklahoma has been named as the principal contractor on a potential $1.06 billion deal to train pilots and aviation mechanics in Iraq. The whopping contract is a huge deal for the cutting-edge Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology — which...

Calling all contractors: The U.S. Air Force is seeking additional cyberspace protection for its combat assets in outer space. Clearance level? Top secret. The contractor inquiry comes in the form of a request for information (RFI) posted on the Pentagon’s procurement solicitation website....

Much has been written about the troubled F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program over the last decade. Cost overruns, schedule slips and reliability issues have plagued the fifth-generation military aircraft being developed by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT). Three versions of the F-35 will be...

All things being equal, the more useful a product, the more sales it would generate. Products deemed lifesaving fall into a category all by themselves. Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Glass might be such a product – at least when it comes to medical and military applications. The Google Glass device...