Rocket Cargo is go! Air Force’s experimental resupply program moves closer to the launch pad

Rocket Cargo is go! Air Force’s experimental resupply program moves closer to the launch pad
Rocket Cargo is go! Air Force’s experimental resupply program moves closer to the launch pad

The investment in transitioning Rocket Cargo “is focused on utilizing vehicles that traverse from or through space to transport DoD materiel anywhere around the world within tactically responsive timelines,” the Space Force’s FY25 budget request says.

AFRL’s Golden Horde ‘Gladiator’ Drones To Compete Virtually

AFRL’s Golden Horde ‘Gladiator’ Drones To Compete Virtually
AFRL’s Golden Horde ‘Gladiator’ Drones To Compete Virtually

“The win for the research lab, and for our acquirers is that we get to see the cutting edge technologies that are out there,” said AFRL Director Maj. Gen. Heather Pringle.

Budgetary Pressures Could Push Skyborg Beyond 2023

Budgetary Pressures Could Push Skyborg Beyond 2023
Budgetary Pressures Could Push Skyborg Beyond 2023

“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.”

Skyborg AI Flies Second Drone; Demos ‘Portability’

Skyborg AI Flies Second Drone; Demos ‘Portability’
Skyborg AI Flies Second Drone; Demos ‘Portability’

“Future Skyborg experimentation events will explore direct manned-unmanned teaming between manned aircraft and multiple ACS-controlled unmanned aircraft,” AFRL said today.

Costs Plunge So ‘Rocket Cargo’ To Battlefield Takes Off

Costs Plunge So ‘Rocket Cargo’ To Battlefield Takes Off
Costs Plunge So ‘Rocket Cargo’ To Battlefield Takes Off

If industry can “turn this into a human transport mechanism — which some of the companies are talking about doing — sure the DoD would be interested in exploring options for that, just as we do with the airlines, and the shipping industries today,”AFRL’s Program Manager Greg Spanjers said.

Valkyrie Drops A Drone Of Its Own

Valkyrie Drops A Drone Of Its Own
Valkyrie Drops A Drone Of Its Own

UPDATED: To explain that LCASD program is done with flight tests. WASHINGTON: The Air Force’s low-cost XQ-58A Valkyrie drone has tested a new capability — launching its own drone — designed to boost its abilities to counter enemy air defense missiles and protect higher-value aircraft such as fighters and tankers. The Air Force Research Laboratory…

AFRL’s Golden Horde To Test Swarming Munitions In Digital ‘Colosseum’

AFRL’s Golden Horde To Test Swarming Munitions In Digital ‘Colosseum’
AFRL’s Golden Horde To Test Swarming Munitions In Digital ‘Colosseum’

The new simulation environment will use ‘digital twins’ to rapidly test and iterate “collaborative autonomous networked technologies,” AFRL explains.

Skyborg Could Develop Multiple Drones For Many Missions

Skyborg Could Develop Multiple Drones For Many Missions
Skyborg Could Develop Multiple Drones For Many Missions

The Air Force is “driving toward” 2023 for initial operating capability for Skyborg, says AFRL Director Brig. Gen. Heather Pringle.

Skyborg Prototype Demos Set For July 2021

Skyborg Prototype Demos Set For July 2021
Skyborg Prototype Demos Set For July 2021

Boeing, General Atomics, and Kratos the winners for first Skyborg prototypes.

Lockheed Martin Joins The Skyborg Fray With Phase 2 Award

Lockheed Martin Joins The Skyborg Fray With Phase 2 Award
Lockheed Martin Joins The Skyborg Fray With Phase 2 Award

Lockheed Martin’s award means that all three big defense primes with deep ties to the Air Force now are in the running for Skyborg.

AFRL Satellite To Track Up To The Moon; Space Force-NASA Tout Cooperation

“If you look at the orbits of the stuff that’s going around the Moon, It looks like a drunken sailor wandering around as compared to the orbits that we’re used to describing closer to the Earth,” AFRL’s Col. Eric Felt says.

AFRL’s First WARTECH Summit To Vet Cutting-Edge Tech

AFRL’s First WARTECH Summit To Vet Cutting-Edge Tech
AFRL’s First WARTECH Summit To Vet Cutting-Edge Tech

“It’s gonna hurt a little bit,” said new AFRL Commander Brig. Gen. Heather Pringle. “We can’t do everything — we don’t have the budget to do everything under the sun.”

AF Will Choose Skyborg Prototypes This Summer

AF Will Choose Skyborg Prototypes This Summer
AF Will Choose Skyborg Prototypes This Summer

The drone’s mission set “could be anything from base defense to communications to sensing,” said AFLCMC’s Brig. Gen. Dale White.

New GPS Sats Can Maneuver & Resist Jamming

New GPS Sats Can Maneuver & Resist Jamming
New GPS Sats Can Maneuver & Resist Jamming

“NTS-3 is all about getting the data to the warfighter fast,” says Bill Gattle, president of L3Harris Space Systems.