The Air Force Cyber Command (AFCYBER) is now working out capabilities to defend the national infrastructures and attack enemy forces.

The speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives has promised an investigation of a contract to build new airborne tanker planes won by a partnership that includes the European parent of Airbus.

The Pentagon awarded a multibillion-dollar Air Force tanker contract to a partnership between Northrop Grumman and EADS, the European parent of Airbus, according to an announcement Friday. Thus Boeing loses 40 billion dollar contract.

The strange lights seen by dozens of Stephenville, Texas residents on the night of January 8 are now believed to have been F-16 fighter jets, according to a statement released by the Air Force Reserve.

Two Louisiana Tech faculty members, Dr. Sumeet Dua, an assistant professor of computer science, and Dr. Rastko Selmic, an assistant professor of electrical engineering, are using their skills and technical knowledge to help the U.S. Air Force and Department of Defense with sensor networks and tracking capabilities.

Symetrics Industries, LLC announced today an award from the U.S. Army for approximately 300 Improved Data Modems (IDM) for installation on Army aircraft. The contract value will be between $7 and $8 million, once final negotiations are completed. The IDM-304 is the Army version of the Improved Data Modems that Symetrics has been delivering to the U.S. Air Force for over 14 years.

Computer Sciences Corporation (NYSE: CSC) announced today that it has been awarded a contract by the U. S. Air Force Space Command to provide technical services at the Air Force’s Eastern Range, headquartered at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. CSC estimates the value of the agreement, which has a 10-month base period and nine one-year options, to be $820 million if all options are exercised.

HP today announced that the U.S. Air Force (USAF) has selected it to fulfill desktop and notebook PC needs as part of the USAF’s quarterly IT purchase process.

Sixty years ago this July 4, something happened in the desert about 100 kilometers northwest of Roswell, New Mexico. A local newspaper at the time reported that a flying saucer had crashed and that the wreckage had been taken to the U.S. Army Air base just outside of Roswell.