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“The expectation is that these aircraft can be designed to be less survivable and less capable, but still bring an awful lot to the fight in a mixture that the enemy has a very hard time sorting out and dealing with,” said Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall.
By Valerie Insinna
“Eventually, we’d like to be [hypersonic flight] testing weekly. This allows for more rapid evaluation of new tech, design iteration, etc,” a DIU spokesperson said.
By Theresa HitchensModernizing our supply chain is a national security imperative
Closing supply chain gaps in innovating technology will reposition the industrial base to be a strategic source of value.
“If we wait until a system goes into a sustainment cycle for us to be able to tool up and facilities up, it’s way too late,” Letterkenny Army Depot’s Kate Williams told Breaking Defense.
By Andrew Eversden
With the prototypes, “we’re able to launch from one area and very quickly get to another area that is much further away in distance. So it opens up the aperture from a mission perspective,” a program leader said.
By Andrew Eversden
B-21, hypersonics and more: How digital development is driving industry innovation
Technological advancements are key to keeping pace with customer demands and evolving threat landscapes.
Multi-Domain Operations: Global C2 and Joint Operations
General Dynamics Land Systems and Textron Systems are in a head-to-head competition with nearly $7 billion on the line.
By Justin Katz
The US Air Force hopes to develop and field autonomous combat drones that would augment piloted fighters “in the mid to late 2020s,” Andrew Hunter, the Air Force’s top acquisition official, said in August.
By Valerie Insinna
A major overhaul is coming in software for missile warning
Space Systems Command’s FORGE program is the first, major missile-warning software modernization effort in 20 years.
With international help and high-tech acquisitions, the Gulf nation is trying to leave little to chance.
By Agnes Helou
“But I think it’s going to be the led by the new Chief [Digital] and AI Officer, Craig Martell, who comes to us from industry and has a very good technical background,” Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said. “Hopefully he’ll be able to help pull it together. But there’s a definite need to do that.”
By Jaspreet Gill
Long-term, the service still seeks to understand what is actually the root cause of the issue, and “finding and implementing a materiel solution,” according to a spokeswoman.
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The incident comes just two days after an IRGC Navy support ship seized and then released a similar drone.
By Justin Katz
The concept of solar power satellites, first posited in 1968, seems to be back in fashion — not just in the US with initiatives at DoD and NASA, but around the globe, including in Beijing.
By Theresa Hitchens
“So, we have people doing things all the way from orbitology, to design, build, assemble, integrate, test, and then ultimately operate,” said Steven Meier, director of the Naval Research Lab’s Naval Center for Space Technology.
By Theresa Hitchens
“In the military, where you’re sending extremely sensitive classified data from one office to the next, you want to make sure that no one’s going to be able to break into and decrypt that,” Arthur Herman, senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, said. “Well, [quantum key distribution] is definitely a way in which to carry that out.”
By Jaspreet Gill
The Israeli air force has been eager to replace its aging fleet of 707 refueling tankers, a move delayed by political instability.
By Arie Egozi
A new approach to speed, scale and efficiency for the industrial base
Radars, EW, EO/IR, space imagery, and microelectronics are brought under one roof for a streamlined approach to common people and factories.
