"But we are seeing in the information spaces especially ... we are seeing those that are trying to take advantage of this situation," Gen. Goldfein said in a wide-ranging discussion this morning sponsored by the Mitchell Institute.
"As the stand-up of the Space Force continues, additional space missions may be identified for transfer," says Air Force spokesman Maj. William Russell.
Lockheed Martin’s ACES platform delivers a shared virtual battlespace that strengthens readiness, interoperability, and faster decision-making through advanced, integrated modeling and simulation capabilities designed for evolving global threats.
The Air Force provided few details about the latest problem bedeviling the airborne tanker in its terse statement last night, saying only that it had "upgraded an existing deficiency of its KC-46 Pegasus fuel system to Category I."
The Defense Working Capital Fund -- which allows DoD to make investments in things like depot maintenance, transportation, and supply management in the near term and recoup the costs through future year pricing deals -- gets $1.5 billion.
The Air Force's global air mobility operations -- in support of the other services to deliver spare parts, as well as helping the Department of Health and Human Services cope with the Coronavirus pandemic by delivering test kits -- continue. says Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein.
"JADO requires changing how the United States Air Force thinks about and conducts operations," Air Force Chief of Staff Goldfein stresses in the announcement.
As missions stretch farther and comms grow less reliable, predictive software could become the edge that keeps missions afloat.
"This is foundational to who we are," Goldfein says of the new all-domain operations warfighting concept.
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.
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.
"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.
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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. […]
"Most of the challenges we have in weapon systems aren't hardware-based but software-based," says Lt. Gen. Mark Kelly, Air Force deputy chief of staff for operations.
Developing JADC2 is one of the highest priorities of Hyten's boss, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley: "Therefore it's one of my highest priorities."
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