All-Domain Ops Require Rethinking Combatant Commands: Goldfein
"This is foundational to who we are," Goldfein says of the new all-domain operations warfighting concept.
Pentagon Seeks New SatCom Tech For ‘Fully Networked C3’
"Our fully networked C3 [Command, Control, & Communications] will look completely different" from current satellites and terminals, said OSD's Doug Schroeder.
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AFSOC Targets All Domain Ops in New Strategy Document
Communications, survivable strike, mobility, high-speed vertical lift, and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities are all on AFSOC's modernization wish list.
DoD Winnowing Efforts To Counter Small Drones
"We're looking across the spectrum at the detect, track, ID, and defeat systems," Geaney said.
DoD Stands Up New Biotech Manufacturing Center: Griffin
This "key new initiative," Griffin stressed, could lead to DoD being able to such breakthroughs as creating its own fuel.
AF To HASC: Space War Doctrine Near; SPACECOM HQ Pick Delayed
Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett said the Space Command basing decision is being reopened, with a choice delayed until the end of the year -- at the earliest.
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HASC Quizzes AF Leaders On Space Force Costs
Lawmakers on both sides of Capitol Hill are keeping an eagle eye out for spending creep in the Space Force budget. The Air Force has asked for a total of $15.3 billion in 2021 for the Space Force, and listed another $1 billion in unfunded requirements for the new service.
Goldfein to SASC: Boeing KC-46 Still Faces ‘Profound Problems;’ Would Only Fly In War
Pressed by Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen on when the KC-46 will be fully ready, Goldfein said the service is in final negotiations with Boeing about a "serious fix" for the Remote Visual System that currently has a dangerous blind spot when monitoring the boom during refueling.
Attack On US Satellites Focus Of Next ABMS Test: Goldfein
"The next one we're doing is big. It's big," Air Force Chief of Staff David Goldfein said. It will span bases from Eglin AFB to Nellis AFB; Yuma Proving Ground to White Sands Missile Range. All the joint chiefs plan to be there.
Hypersonic Missiles: Plethora Of Boost-Glide & Cruise
"At this point we don't want to see an either/or -- we actually want to see both technologies pursued," Lewis said of DoD's pursuit of hypersonic boost-glide and cruise missile efforts.
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Likely CSAF Brown Expected To Keep Sharp All Domain Focus
WASHINGTON: The nominee to replace outgoing Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein, Gen. Charles Brown, is expected to continue to be a strong advocate for Goldfein’s vision of all domain command and control to link all sensors to all shooters across the military services. Brown currently is in charge of Pacific air forces. […]
Elon Musk: ‘Radical Innovation’ Needed To Beat China Militarily
"The fighter jet era has passed," says Musk. The future, he averred, is "autonomous drone warfare."
Air Force To Ask Hill For New Space Acquisition Powers: Thompson
The report to Congress will not include "the full and total and complete bounds of the last dotted i and crossed t of every specific aspect" of how the Air Force will manage space acquisition, Thompson said.
Air Force Will Tackle China In Space & Arctic: SecAF Barrett
Lt. Gen. David Thompson, vice commander of the Space Force, said "someday" the Space Force mission will "extend to the Moon, to Mars, and beyond" -- likely "within the 30-year plan."