Air Warfare
“The breathtaking growth and strategic nuclear capability enables China to change their posture and their strategy,” Adm. Charles Richard said.
By Aaron Mehta
“I won’t say that it’s not achievable” to transition Skyborg to a program of record, said AFLMC’s Brig. Gen. Dale White. “I will just say that it has to be balanced with all of the other requirements we have across the portfolio to be able to do that.”
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“I think the challenge [to establishing nuclear dialogue] is going to be on the Chinese side,” said Maj. Gen. Michael Lutton.
By Theresa Hitchens
On-Demand Satcom Customized For All-Domain Operations
Intelsat’s satellite services provide options to address a variety of missions, including all-domain defense operations, border security management, and disaster/humanitarian relief.
“This situation is temporary, and the real Israeli action is only being delayed” an Israeli defense source told Breaking Defense.
By Arie Egozi
Digital transformation speeds development, delivery and sustainment of innovative systems
By Raytheon Missiles and Defense
JADC2’s Space-Based Backbone
A layered architecture of geosynchronous, medium-earth, and low-earth-orbit satellites will provide resilient sensor coverage for Joint All Domain Command and Control.
TRANSCOM can now task KC-46 tankers to use their air refueling boom to fill up C-17 Globemaster III, B-52H Stratofortress and other KC-46 aircraft during day-to-day operations.
By Theresa Hitchens
Iran takes center stage in an excerpt from Seth J. Frantzman’s “Drone Wars: Pioneers, Killing Machines, Artificial Intelligence and the Battle for the Future.”
By Seth J. Frantzman
DSCA also is looking at ways to better advertise options like third-party transfers to potential foreign buyers, says Air Force FMS specialist Col. Anthony Walker.
By Theresa Hitchens
“This is well beyond my pay grade now,” said Brig. Gen. Brian Bruckbauer, director of the Air Force Security Assistance and Cooperation Directorate.
By Theresa Hitchens
“There are so many building block technologies that need to happen first. So, it’s a bit silly, but the appeal of the theoretical end result is undeniable,” says Teal Group’s Richard Aboulafia.
By Theresa Hitchens
The two Israeli firms are looking for a partner to create a joint venture that will allow them to sell to the US military.
By Arie Egozi
If ARRW continues to fail, the service could resuscitate the Hypersonic Conventional Strike Weapon as a fall-back, says Brig. Gen. Heath Collins, who heads AFLCMC’s Armaments Directorate.
By Theresa Hitchens
BAE has been working to convince its own suppliers to enter into performance-based logistics to cut costs and increase availability of its EW system for the Joint Strike Fighter, said Betsy Warren, BAE’s director of sustainment for Electronic Combat Solutions.
By Theresa Hitchens
Next-Gen GPS Satellites Get Ground-Control Modernization
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command and Raytheon Intelligence & Space are enhancing mission management and mission-data processing to shift the focus of GPS operations from satellite command and control to basic, user-oriented effects-based operation.
If missile defenses can’t protect everything, then Pentagon planners need to start thinking about new ways of deploying their limited assets – and that means new risks, say two Hudson Institute experts.
By Bryan Clark and Timothy A. Walton