Wireless networking initiatives are spreading across the Defense Department as the military embraces 5G technology. On Oct. 8, the Pentagon awarded $600 million in contracts to several companies that will test out uses of fifth-generation wireless networks at military installations nationwide. Those projects advance alongside ...
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Air Force security forces now have a new, lighter, and more comfortable helmet. The Air Force Security Forces Center is sending out new ballistic helmets to replace the Advanced Combat Helmet, which Airmen complained were bulky and uncomfortable. The lower-profile helmet comes with better padding ...
Boeing won approval from the Space Force to move forward with its newly designed Wideband Global Satellite Communications system, setting the stage for production to begin next year. Passing the preliminary design review allows Boeing to start its final design phase on WGS-11+, which will ...
A military team is working with SpaceX to flesh out the prospect of shipping routes that pass through space, the head of U.S. Transportation Command said Oct. 7. That group could demonstrate as early as 2021 whether quickly sending cargo around the globe via space ...
L3Harris and SpaceX won contracts Oct. 5 to provide the first ballistic missile warning satellites for the Space Development Agency, growing the number of companies working on the future military constellation to four. L3Harris received $193.6 million and SpaceX got $149.2 million to design, develop, ...
Retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Darryl Burke, senior vice president of business strategy at CACI, discusses how his company supports USAF, CACI's counter-unmanned aerial system, electronic warfare, and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance offerings, and more during a sponsored interview with Air Force Magazine Editor-in-Chief Tobias ...
Watch Col. Timothy A. Sejba, Maj. Jared Evans, David Sikora, Jim Dedrick, Adrien Robenhymer, and retired Maj. Gen. Roger Teague discuss small business with moderator Molly Mae Potter during a panel held during AFA's Air, Space & Cyber Conference.
Check out "The New Digital Experience," a panel held as part of the Air Force Association's virtual Air, Space & Cyber Conference that featured a conversation between Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. Stephen "Seve" Wilson, USAF Chief Transformation Officer Lauren Knausenberg, ...
President Donald J. Trump on Sept. 30 issued an executive order declaring U.S. dependence on China for rare-earth elements a “national emergency,” directing a multi-agency review and action before the election to establish domestic sources of the materials, which are used in a range of ...
