Esper/JEDI. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper is not close to a decision on his review of the potential $10 billion JEDI cloud program, a top Pentagon spokesperson told reporters on September 9. Esper is currently getting caught up on the particulars of the program, according to DoD spokesperson ...
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T-X. The Air Force’s forthcoming T-X trainer aircraft has completed 100 test flights as of Sept. 5, the manufacturer Boeing said Thursday. The Air Force awarded Boeing and Saab a joint contract in 2018 to develop the T-X, which will replace the Air Force’s T-38 trainer fleet. Air Force Fighters. ...
DoD ‘Night Court.’ Secretary of Defense Mark Esper told reporters on Wednesday he wants to initiate a “defense-wide review process” to find funds across the department that can be shifted from lower priorities over to modernization and reform efforts, similar to the “night court” ...
GPS III Launch. The second GPS III satellite successfully launched Thursday morning aboard ULA’s Delta IV rocket. Air Force and Lockheed Martin engineers declared they had full control of the space vehicle slowly after separation. It was the final launch for ULA’s Delta IV medium “single ...
Appointments. Phebe Novakovic, the chairman and CEO of General Dynamics, has been appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a bipartisan research think tank. Novakovic’s “strategic insights will be immensely valuable at this crucial moment for ...
Air Force Launch. The Air Force said Wednesday that Pearl White, an Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) demonstration program, is scheduled to launch beginning Aug. 16 on a rideshare aboard a Rocket Lab Electron launch vehicle from the Rocket Lab Launch Complex-1, New Zealand. Pearl White’s program ...
