Air Force
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The Defense Department is making some changes to meet its readiness challenges, but it needs more support from Congress and civilian government.
September 29, 2017 -
Federal News Radio got a lift in the MH-139, a helicopter Boeing wants to replace the Bell UH-1N Twin Huey.
September 25, 2017 -
The Air Force is still playing catch up in its pilot pipeline despite adding incentive benefits.
September 21, 2017 -
The contract, worth $1 billion over five years, goes to Dell, General Dynamics and Microsoft to run an Air Force implementation of Microsoft's Office 365.
September 21, 2017 -
The Air Force chief of staff says he's giving local commanders more discretion on crew resting periods. The broader point, he says, is to give wings and squadrons authority to run their missions without interference from headquarters.
September 20, 2017 -
A yearlong study will examine the entire Air Force research enterprise, with a particular focus on investing more funds in university-based research.
September 19, 2017 -
The Air Force is trying to think differently about how it handles it's most important investment.
September 01, 2017 -
White hat hackers discovered 207 verified vulnerabilities in Air Force systems, including some very serious ones.
August 23, 2017 -
After almost nine months of no news, GSA asked vendors bidding on the Alliant 2 GWAC to guarantee their bids through Dec. 31.
August 21, 2017 -
Rob Foster will join the National Credit Union Administration as its deputy CIO.
August 07, 2017 -
The Air Force is giving senior enlisted airmen an opportunity to stay in their ranks longer if they are in critically needed occupations.
August 04, 2017 -
The Air Force is changing its military education for enlisted airmen to make classes more flexible about their lives.
July 25, 2017 -
Air Force civilians can now start working part-time while taking some of their retirement annuity.
July 19, 2017 -
What is the US Air Force’s Information Dominance Strategy? How is the Air Force changing the way it does IT? What is the US Air Force doing to leverage advances of mobile technologies? Join host Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and more with Bill Marion, Deputy Chief, Information Dominance & Deputy Chief Information Officer, U.S. Air Force.
July 17, 2017 -
Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama is teaming with AT&T to use internet of things and smart city technologies to make the base run more smoothly. Federal News Radio’s Scott Maucione spoke with AT&T Air Force Client Executive Vice President Rocky Thurston and Maxwell’s 42nd Mission Support Group Commander Col. Don Lewis on Federal Drive with Tom Temin about the updates.
July 17, 2017
