air force future

‘If We Don’t Change, We’re Going To Lose’: Air Force Strategy Dep. Chief Hinote

"Not in all cases, but in more and more cases, we are at parity with our competitor. I don't think that's okay," Lt. Gen. S. Clinton Hinote said.

Lockheed Aims For Laser On Fighter By 2025

How do you keep a laser focused on a target moving at hundreds of miles per hour? The answer is crucial to Lockheed lasers being fitted on Army trucks and Air Force fighters over the next few years.

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.

Gen. Hyten On The New American Way of War: All-Domain Operations

All-Domain Operations is"the biggest key to the future of the entire budget," the Vice-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs said, "because if we figure that out, we’ll have a significant advantage over everybody in the world for a long time."

Army Generals Converge On Classified Air Force Conference For JADC2 Talks

Dozens of generals — and one admiral — will convene at Nellis Air Force Base next week.

The Art of Command, The Science of AI

Future commanders will need to know how to use artificial intelligence to make decisions—including when not to trust it. But how do you decide?

Air Force ABMS: One Architecture To Rule Them All?

The Air Force’s Advanced Battle Management System is growing from an alternative to JSTARS to a multi-domain mega-network to connect all four services in future wars. Is this a revolution or overreach?

F-35 To F-22: Can We Talk? Finally, The Answer Is Yes

Next month, the Air Force will start rapid-fire field tests of new network tech, including a long-delayed secure datalink between its two stealth fighters.

Lasers To Kill Cruise Missiles Sought By Navy, Air Force, Army

Impressed by tests against low-flying drones, the services are collaborating to increase both power and precision to take on tougher threats.

Target, Kaliningrad: Air Force Puts Putin On Notice

The threat of long-range missile launchers in the Russian enclave is driving the Air Force to develop new tactics for multi-domain attack and dispersed defense.

Air Combat Commander Doesn’t Trust Project Maven’s Artificial Intelligence — Yet

Before the Air Force will trust AI to pick out targets, Gen. Holmes said, it has to get smarter than a human three-year-old.

Download, Disconnect, Fire! Why Grunts Need JEDI Cloud

Future soldiers will need to download huge amounts of intelligence data -- then disconnect and go dark, like a submarine diving underwater to hunt its prey.

Roper Calls For New Air Force Planes Every Five Years; Recalls X Plane Days

PARIS AIR SHOW: During an unusual public appearance in the US Chalet, Will Roper called for a large expansion in the number of companies doing business with the Air Force so more new planes can be built — and be built much more quickly as was done in the 1950s and ’60s when a new […]

House Armed Services Scrutinizes F-35 Costs, ABMS, Army Modernization

The HASC wants an independent cost estimate on the F-35 and some detail -- any detail -- on the plan to replace AWACS. It's also a little curious about robot tanks.