GE Secures Singapore Engine Deal: Singapore has signed up for GE F110 engines to power the 12 F-15SG fighters it purchased from F-15-maker Boeing. There’s an option for another eight aircraft, as well. The SG model is an advanced version of the USAF F-15E Strike Eagle. The GE engine also powers 40 F-15K models delivered recently to South Korea.
A three-month continuing resolution that ended in December inflicted less pain on the Department of the Air Force than it had expected, as procurement and construction continue in the new year. The federal government operated under a stopgap spending measure that stretched from the beginning of the fiscal year on…