Roxana Tiron

Washington, D.C.

Senior reporter covering U.S. Congress and national security for Bloomberg @BGOV•Transylvania born•AUBG & Syracuse grad•opinions my own

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Boeing vows to deliver new Air Force One by 2027, US official says

6 days ago | gazettextra.com | Tony Capaccio |Roxana Tiron |Julie Johnsson

A top U.S. Air Force official said Boeing Co. is proposing to deliver its new version of Air Force One by 2027 as officials look to satisfy President Donald Trump's demand for the updated presidential jetliner before the end of his second term. While Boeing aims to deliver the aircraft on the accelerated time line, "I would not necessarily guarantee that date," Darlene Costello, the Air Force's acting acquisitions chief, told a House Armed Services subcommittee hearing on Wednesday.
Boeing vows to deliver new Air Force One by 2027, US official says

1 week ago | dailyitem.com | Tony Capaccio |Roxana Tiron |Julie Johnsson

A top U.S. Air Force official said Boeing Co. is proposing to deliver its new version of Air Force One by 2027 as officials look to satisfy President Donald Trump’s demand for the updated presidential jetliner before the end of his second term. While Boeing aims to deliver the aircraft on the accelerated time line, “I would not necessarily guarantee that date,” Darlene Costello, the Air Force’s acting acquisitions chief, told a House Armed Services subcommittee hearing on Wednesday.
Boeing vows to deliver new Air Force One by 2027, US official says

1 week ago | thederrick.com | Tony Capaccio |Roxana Tiron |Julie Johnsson

A top U.S. Air Force official said Boeing Co. is proposing to deliver its new version of Air Force One by 2027 as officials look to satisfy President Donald Trump’s demand for the updated presidential jetliner before the end of his second term. While Boeing aims to deliver the aircraft on the accelerated time line, “I would not necessarily guarantee that date,” Darlene Costello, the Air Force’s acting acquisitions chief, told a House Armed Services subcommittee hearing on Wednesday.
Boeing vows to deliver new Air Force One by 2027, official says

1 week ago | seattletimes.com | Julie Johnsson |Tony Capaccio |Roxana Tiron

A top U.S. Air Force official said Boeing is proposing to deliver its new version of Air Force One by 2027 as officials look to satisfy President Donald Trump’s demand for the updated presidential jetliner before the end of his second term. While Boeing aims to deliver the aircraft on the accelerated time line, “I would not necessarily guarantee that date,” Darlene Costello, the Air Force’s acting acquisitions chief, told a House Armed Services subcommittee hearing Wednesday.
Boeing Vows to Deliver New Air Force One by 2027, US Official Says

1 week ago | bloomberg.com | Tony Capaccio |Roxana Tiron |Julie Johnsson

A model of Air Force One with a new color scheme in the Oval Office in 2019. (Bloomberg) -- A top US Air Force official said Boeing Co. is proposing to deliver its new version of Air Force One by 2027 as officials look to satisfy President Donald Trump’s demand for the updated presidential jetliner before the end of his second term.
Trump Pentagon Personnel Pick Regrets Calling Obama a Terrorist

1 week ago | news.bgov.com | Roxana Tiron |Courtney McBride

President Donald Trump’s pick to oversee the Pentagon’s personnel policies said he regrets past comments that sank his earlier nomination to another role, including tweets in which he called Barack Obama a “terrorist leader” and called Islam the “most oppressive violent religion I know of.” Retired Army Brigadier General Anthony Tata told the Senate Armed Services Committee Tuesday that those comments, as well as saying former CIA Director John Brennan deserved to be executed, “were out of...
Record Trump Defense Plan to Boost Boeing F-47 Fighter Plane (2)

1 week ago | news.bgov.com | Roxana Tiron |Tony Capaccio

President Donald Trump is requesting a record $1.01 trillion for national defense, with $961.6 billion going to the Pentagon, to boost the Golden Dome homeland missile defense system, the military industrial base and deter China in the Pacific region. His request drew criticism from a trio of top Republican senators, who said Trump was using an accounting sleight-of-hand to mask an effective funding freeze.
Pentagon’s Hegseth Orders a ‘Complete Transformation’ of Army

1 week ago | news.bgov.com | Roxana Tiron

US Defense chief Pete Hegseth ordered an overhaul of the Army, the country’s largest military service, to boost long-range missile defense, electromagnetic warfare and artificial intelligence. The top Pentagon official, who has pledged to incorporate technology at the department more quickly, announced the changes in a memo released Thursday. Several Army units will merge and number of general officers will be reduced.
Pentagon’s Hegseth Orders a ‘Complete Transformation’ of Army

1 week ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Roxana Tiron

US Defense chief Pete Hegseth ordered an overhaul of the Army, the country’s largest military service, to boost long-range missile defense, electromagnetic warfare and artificial intelligence. The top Pentagon official, who has pledged to incorporate technology at the department more quickly, announced the changes in a memo released Thursday. Several Army units will merge and number of general officers will be reduced.
GOP Backs $150 Billion Pentagon Boost as Democrats Decry Chaos

2 weeks ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Roxana Tiron

The House Armed Services Committee on Tuesday advanced a $150 billion defense package that proposes a significant increase to missile defense, shipbuilding, space operations and advanced technology. The panel advanced the legislation 35-21 mostly on a party line vote. Most Democrats opposed the legislation because the GOP’s sweeping tax-cut and spending framework would all but certainly require cuts to critical domestic programs such as Medicaid and nutrition assistance.