A new theater-level simulator can help military and industry leaders gauge how platforms, weapons, and networks work together under fire, including the systems that will make up Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2).
Operational Imperatives
The U.S. could find itself in a near-peer conflict with an adversary like China and Russia “tomorrow,” Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said in a recent livestreamed Facebook event—and if that happens, the department is “not as [ready] as we could be by a significant ...
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Base planners here are evaluating a suite of new technologies that could change the way military installations operate well into the future.
The military services are jointly addressing how to operate in a dispersed fashion, and the Army is working with the Air Force on affordable, portable air defenses USAF officials said.
MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., has evacuated its personnel and KC-135 aircraft as Hurricane Idalia approaches Florida's Gulf coast. As of 4 p.m. Aug. 29, all base personnel have been evacuated and MacDill is closed and secured, an Air Force spokeswoman told Air & Space ...
The Space Development Agency awarded contracts Aug. 21 to Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin for 36 satellites each as part of Tranche 2 of its Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA), a large constellation of satellites in low-Earth orbit. The two deals, worth a collective $1.55 billion, are ...
The U.S. Air Force is all-in on the Joint Simulation Environment (JSE) to revolutionize the way warfighters train for the future fight. JSE—and HII’s Mission Technologies division, a contributor to the evolution of JSE—will be a central component in the...
The Space Force's first-ever targeting unit, 75th Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Squadron, scopes out adversary space systems and presents options for neutralizing them.