Lockheed Martin and Electronic Systems Center at Hanscom AFB, Mass., will be working together under a new three-year cooperative research development agreement, designed “to assemble a set of cross-domain decision-making tools with enhanced situational awareness capabilities and embedded simulation.” In other words, they expect to develop new computerized tools to share and display warfighting data, gleaned from numerous sources via Global Information Grid technology.
Aircraft readiness will suffer if Congress does not approve some $1.5 billion worth of spare parts the Air Force requested in its annual Unfunded Priorities List, sent to Capitol Hill last week, Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin said.