Air Force
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Air ForceDivesting Legacy Platforms Key Challenge for Air Force, Monasco Says
Divesting legacy platforms to pay for modernization is the key challenge for the Department of the Air Force, according to Undersecretary of the Air Force-nominee Shon Monasco. “The biggest challenge […]
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SpaceBarnes: Rapid Reprogramming for U.S. Space Force Would Retain Program Oversight
Rapid re-reprogramming through portfolio management would retain congressional insight into space programs and oversight of them, a leading U.S. Air Force official said last week. Deputy Assistant Secretary of the […]
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Missile DefenseMilitary Space Officials Continue Discussions on Missile Defense Architecture
U.S. Space Command and officials at the Pentagon are examining what resilience a missile defense architecture needs to have and what DoD can afford, as officials assemble the Program Objective […]
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Air ForceNORTHCOM Nominee ‘Optimistic’ on Acceleration of Next Generation Interceptor
Air Force Lt. Gen. Glen VanHerck, the nominee to head U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command, told the Senate Armed Services Committee on July 28 that he shares […]
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SpaceInhofe Delays FCC Commissioner Approval Until Nominee Agrees to Overturn Ligado Order
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) said on July 28 that he has placed a hold on the nomination of Mike O’Rielly to become the commissioner of the […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyRoper Foresees U.S. Air Force ‘Logistics at the Edge’ Capabilities
Air Force acquisition chief Will Roper envisions the service fielding “logistics at the edge” capabilities to counter adversary’s attempts in future conflicts to disrupt U.S. supply chains, rather than to […]
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Air Force
AFWERX Base of the Future Initiative Examining Innovative Capabilities, Including AI
The AFWERX Fusion 2020 Base of the Future virtual event this week is to showcase 370 proposals that are in the running for U.S. Air Force prototype contracts for artificial intelligence […]
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WeaponsAFRL Moving Forward with Miniature Self-Defense Missile, As Raytheon Secures Contract
The Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) munitions directorate at Eglin AFB, Fla., is moving forward with research and development on a miniature self-defense missile (MSDM), as Raytheon [RTN] beat out […]
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Special OperationsHouse Appropriators Advise $80 Million Cut to SOCOM “Armed Overwatch” Procurement Request
The House Appropriations Committee is recommending cutting $80 million from the U.S. Special Operations Command’s (SOCOM) $101 million procurement request for the “Armed Overwatch” program in fiscal 2021. Last year, […]
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Air ForceDefense Contract Management Agency Negotiating with Lockheed Martin on Possible F-35 ALIS Repayment
Since April, Lockheed Martin [LMT] and the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) have been negotiating a possible repayment by Lockheed Martin of $183 million to $303 million of awarded F-35 […]