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The Assistant Secretary oversees $40 billion annual investments that include major programs like the KC-46A Pegasus, F-35 Lighting II, B-21 Raider, [2] as well as capability areas such as information technology and command and control, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) systems.
English: Biography photo of Dr. William A. LaPlante, the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition) from Feb 2014 to November 2015. Date 18 November 2015
The F-35 was the product of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program, which was the merger of various combat aircraft programs from the 1980s and 1990s. One progenitor program was the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Advanced Short Take-Off/Vertical Landing (ASTOVL) which ran from 1983 to 1994; ASTOVL aimed to develop a Harrier jump jet replacement for the U.S. Marine Corps ...
The first operational USAF F-35 on its delivery flight to Eglin Air Force Base in July 2011. Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II procurement is the planned selection and purchase of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, also known as the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) by various countries.
Lockheed Martin forecast 2025 profit that missed Wall Street expectations on Tuesday, as the defense giant grapples with delayed rollouts of a tech upgrade on the F-35, underscoring a cautious ...
On Tuesday, Jan. 28, the Eielson Air Force Base shared in a press release that a F-35 Lightning II jet crashed within the fence line of the base earlier that day at 12:49 p.m. local time.
Officials said an F-35 fighter jet crashed in Alaska on Tuesday after the pilot managed to safely eject from the aircraft – the latest mishap involving the U.S. military's most expensive weapon ...
William LaPlante: April 15, 2022 [46] (Confirmed April 7, 2022 by voice vote) [V 16] — — Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Sustainment) Deborah Rosenblum April 8, 2024 [47] — Radha Iyengar Plumb: April 21, 2023 [48] (Confirmed April 18, 2023, 68–30) [RC 11] April 8, 2024 [49] — Assistant Secretary of Defense ...