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Air Force Will Take Lead in Joint Prototype Battle Management Tech
The Department of the Air Force will be taking over the Pentagon’s prototype Joint Fires Network, or JFN, as it transitions to a fully fledged program of record, program executive officer for command, control, communications, and battle management Maj. Gen. Luke C.G. Cropsey told reporters ...
AI Will Enhance Logistics—If Systems Get Modernized First, Vendors Say
Artificial intelligence could be a force multiplier in logistics and sustainment for managing Air Force systems and technology, but there's no magic wand that can sprinkle AI dust to magically modernize legacy systems, vendors said.
Daily Report: Day 2 of AFA September: CSO Touts Commercial Space Program
PLUS NORAD Tracks Run of Russian Approaches and Tackling the Pilot Shortage
Lockheed Eyes Low-Cost Attritable Drone for CCA Increment 2
Lockheed Martin, having “gold-plated” its initial bid for the Collaborative Combat Aircraft program, will focus on lower cost, more attritable aircraft in its proposal for the second increment, the head of the company’s legendary Skunk Works division told reporters Sept. 17.
Daily Report: Day 1 of AFA September: NGAD, China, and More
All the latest coverage from the first day of the annual Air, Space & Cyber Conference.
Expert: Air Force, Other Services Need to Embrace Cyber as Weapon of War
As the Air Force weighs the way it presents its cyber and other nonkinetic forces with the forthcoming reorganization of the 16th Air Force, some are keen for cyber operators to be more upfront about their warfighter role. Former U.S. Navy Principal Cyber Advisor Chris ...
Daily Report: The Future of the 16th Air Force
PLUS Who Pays for Bad Spare Parts and Kendall Finishes Eastern Europe Tour
As Questions Hang Over the 16th Air Force, New Boss Moves to Fine Tune Info Warfare
The 16th Air Force, a sprawling Numbered Air Force that encompasses cyber attacks, electronic warfare, traditional surveillance and reconnaissance, public affairs and information operations, and weather forecasting, is due for a major shakeup, new commander Lt. Gen Thomas K. Hensley acknowledged, as Air Forces Cyber ...
Daily Report: Recon Airmen Learn to Do C2 | VCSO on Threat from China, Russia | The Future of CCA Engines
PLUS Future CCA Engines and VCSO on China and Russia
Experts: Time Is Running Out for DOD to Execute Its Commercial Space Strategy
Time is running out for the Pentagon to fully integrate commercial space capabilities into its architectures as it said it would in its April strategy, former officials told Air & Space Forces Magazine.
Daily Report: Tearing Up the Acquisition Playbook | U.S. Airstrike in Iraq | Boeing’s New Boss
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Air Force’s New Integrated Capabilities Office Aims to Overhaul Acquisition
Tim Grayson, who heads the Department of the Air Force's new Integrated Capabilities Office, has a mandate to tear up the department's acquisition playbook in order to get new technologies into warfighter hands more quickly, he explained July 31.
The Air Force’s Zero Trust Strategy Is Out—and Acknowledges Big Hurdles.
The Department of the Air Force faces significant hurdles in implementing the Pentagon’s latest cybersecurity approach, dubbed Zero Trust, and will fail altogether if it continues to lag on key issues, according to its own strategy document.
Daily Report: Keeping Minuteman Going | UK Officer Joins Space Staff | Building Warrant Officer Training
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For the Air Force, Warrant Officers Will Be a Critical Link in Digital War with China
The Air Force’s first cohort of warrant officers in 65 years will be already skilled cyber or IT specialists, and their training is designed to teach them how to become the critical link between warfighters and their leaders on technical issues, according to the officer ...
Daily Report: ACC Boss: Keep Older F-22s | F-16 Deliveries to Ukraine Start | Russian GPS Jamming
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Russian Jamming Is Wreaking Havoc on GPS in Eastern Europe. But Is It Hybrid Warfare?
Amid unprecedented amounts of electronic warfare in Russia’s war on Ukraine, there is no doubt that the Russians are jamming GPS and other satellite-based navigation systems around the Baltic Sea. But is it just spillover from Russian air defense and force protection measures—jamming GPS so ...
Daily Report: Trust Issues with SATCOM | New Deployment Model in AFCENT | ‘Graduation Exercise’ for LRASM
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