Air Force
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Air ForceDoD Inspector General Audit Says F-35 Program Lacks Accurate Parts Data
Last month, the Pentagon Inspector General (IG) released an audit of the program for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter–a review that found the F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) lacked […]
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Air ForceUSAF Examining AI Aid to GMTI in Indo-Pacific
DAYTON, Ohio–The U.S. Air Force is examining how artificial intelligence (AI) will aid military forces in rapid targeting in the Indo-Pacific theater. While Operation Desert Storm in 1991 had 40,000 […]
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Air ForceUSAF Wants U-2 to Inform Fighters’ Open Mission Systems, Future SIGINT
DAYTON, Ohio–While the U.S. Air Force plans to retire its Lockheed Martin [LMT] U-2 Dragon Lady reconnaissance fleet by 2026, the service wants to use the plane to inform future […]
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Air ForceHASC CCA Proposal Would Require Significant Unit Cost Drop
While Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall has posited a $20 million unit cost for the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) and up to five CCAs for each manned F-35 or Next […]
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SpaceNRO Official Says Agency Looking for Satellite Innovation in Plan to Quadruple Number of Satellites in Next Decade
A National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) official said that the agency is looking to innovation, including that of small companies, as NRO plans to quadruple the number of its on-orbit satellites […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDARPA Seeks Small Businesses to Bid on Program to Seize High-Altitude, Slow-Flying Objects
The problems encountered by the U.S. Air Force earlier this year in shooting down a slow flying, high-altitude Chinese balloon have led the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to […]
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Air ForceUSAF Moving to Field KC-46A Communications ‘Backbone’ in Next Year
DAYTON, Ohio–The U.S. Air Force intends to field a communications “backbone” for the Boeing [BA] KC-46A Pegasus in the next year in Capability Release 1 (CR1) of the service’s Advanced […]
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SpaceEarly Notice of Missions to Space Force Advised For Civilian Satellite Operators
The 18th and 19th Space Defense Squadrons (SDS) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., have issued recommendations for future satellite operators on how to lessen the chances of collision in […]
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SpaceEPS-R Launch to Improve Polar Communications Slated for Next Year
The U.S. Space Force and Northrop Grumman [NOC] are highlighting recent developments in the service’s effort to launch two Enhanced Polar System-Recapitalization (EPS-R) payloads next year to improve military communications […]
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Air ForceUSAF Needs to Boost Modernization of C-sUAS, Service Official Says
DAYTON, Ohio–The U.S. Air Force needs to increase funding to modernize counter small unmanned aircraft systems (C-sUAS), a service official said this week. “In response to urgent operational needs, we […]