Fleet Decentralization Focus For AF Budget Beyond 2023
How the Air Force embodies its 'agile combat employment' concept depends in part on the future fleet composition -- with the F-22's fate a central question.
AMC Eyes Self-Defense For Cargo, Tanker Planes
"We have hardpoints on the C-17; We have hardpoints on the KC-46. It's not a hard stretch to think that we could put one or two missiles on there for self defense," says AMC head Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost.
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Cybersecurity skills don’t come from a manual, but from practical hands-on training
Cybersecurity skills must evolve in near-real time as Zero Day threats continue and AI provides new challenges.
Roles & Missions Scrub Needed For All Domain Ops: CSAF Brown
The Pentagon needs to look at "seams, gaps and overlaps" as they implement the new strategy for All Domain Ops, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown says.
Army, Navy Funds Unlikely For Space Force Until 2023
"The last thing Congress intended when creating the Space Force was to end up with four different space forces," says CSIS's Todd Harrison in a new analysis promoting a roles and missions review.
Trilateral Cope North Exercise To Test ‘Agile’ Air Ops On Austere Airfields
The Agile Combat Employment (ACE) concept uses a 'hub and spoke' network of permanent, well-established 'hubs' and more remote, austere 'spokes'," says Air Force Brig. Gen. Jeremy Sloane, commander of the 36th Air Wing in Guam.
THOR: Air Force Tests Counter-Drone Microwave In Africa
"I've watched it in action and its really quite impressive," says Air Force Chief Scientist Richard Joseph.
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Pioneering the future of airborne ISR: ASELSAN’s ASELFLIR 600
Blending superior optics, advanced stabilization and AI-powered autonomy in a compact and rugged system, ASELFLIR 600 delivers unmatched intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities.
First Joint Exercise To Test All-Domain Capabilities: Valiant Shield 2020
The exercise also served as the Air Force's third "On Ramp" demo for its Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS), demonstrating a new software for battlefield situational awareness.
Air Force Seeks Startups To Build High-Tech ‘Bases Of The Future’
The near-term focus is on rebuilding hurricane-ravaged Tyndall AFB, but the long-term goal is to build more resilient bases around the world -- including in war zones.
Milley Assigns Service Roles In All-Domain Ops Concept
The Air Force will lead work on the concept for command & control, the Navy will lead joint fires, and the Army has logistics.
Air Force Expands AI-Based Predictive Maintenance
WASHINGTON: The Air Force plans to expand its “predictive maintenance” using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to another 12 weapon systems, says Lt. Gen. Warren Berry, deputy chief of staff for logistics, engineering and force protection. “I continue to believe that predictive maintenance is a real game changer for us as an Air Force,” […]
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JADC2 gets its first C2 gateway authorized to update itself
The initial command and control gateway to earn a continuous Authority to Operate is changing multi-domain operations.