U.S. Congress

Congress has passed a 1,000-page bill reauthorizing the FAA for five years.

Boeing’s planned acquisition of supplier Spirit AeroSystems has raised some concerns on Capitol Hill and among major defense companies.

The House Armed Services Committee is expressing concern about progress with the Collins Aerospace ACES 5 ejection seat for the U.S. Air Force.

The Bell Boeing CMV-22 is expected to be the future of U.S. Navy carrier onboard delivery, with extended range and increased capacity.

The measure, known as the chairman’s mark, cuts $2.97 billion from the procurement accounts to help cover the $3.83 billion increase for personnel spending.

The U.S. Senate approved a five-year FAA reauthorization bill after shutting down a late push to change a provision that adds flights to DCA.

Tucked in the U.S. FAA reauthorization bill there is an item that could give Boeing an extra five years in which to develop a freighter version of the 787.

The U.S. Air Force wants its new command focused on modernization to begin this work this year.

Additional funding finally approved by Congress in a supplemental bill last month will allow the U.S. Army to ramp up needed Patriot interceptor production.

The U.S. Air Force has declared a Nunn-McCurdy cost breach for its Boeing MH-139 Grey Wolf helicopter program.

The Pentagon on April 26 announced a major $6 billion list of new-build equipment bound for Ukraine,

The Pentagon is surging a major $1 billion tranche of aid to Ukraine.

As the U.S. Air Force continues the planned retirement of its A-10 attack jet fleet, the service secretary says one country has reached out with some interest to obtain the aircraft.

The U.S. Marine Corps is again adjusting its F-35 force structure.

Boeing’s efforts to address widespread organizational safety problems were met with sharp criticism in two U.S. congressional hearings April 17.

The U.S. Navy is approaching a total of $1 billion in munitions expended in the Red Sea and Eastern Mediterranean.

Continued delays and cost increases to the U.S. Air Force’s planned procurement of the Boeing E-7A Wedgetail are raising eyebrows on Capitol Hill.

The U.S. Navy’s drastic cut to its next-generation fighter was a conscious decision to deal with congressionally imposed budget cuts.

The Russian Air Force’s use of glide bombs is adding to the country’s fires advantage against Ukraine.

A final fiscal 2024 budget proposal ignores pleas from GE Aerospace to extend development of adaptive turbofan engines for two variants of the F-35C.

House and Senate appropriators seek to add dozens of aircraft to the Pentagon’s budget in a last-minute plan that needs to pass ahead of the March 22 deadline.

The fifth test of the AGM-183A all-up round in 15 months yielded a familiarly vague statement from the Air Force about the results.

The Pentagon’s top leaders on March 19 pressed international partners to surge more aid to Ukraine.

Maryland and Virginia senators are making another push against adding more long-distance flights from Washington Reagan National Airport (DCA).

The U.S. Navy is pushing back much of its research and development spending for its next-generation F/A-XX fighter.