The Air Force won’t be making another pitch to be the executive agent for remotely piloted aircraft anytime soon, said Lt. Gen. Larry James, head of the service’s intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance enterprise, on Thursday. Speaking at an AFA-Air Force...

An 18-month assessment of the Air Force intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance enterprise is drawing to a close, said Air Force ISR chief Lt. Gen. Larry James on Thursday. During his AFA-sponsored talk in Arlington, Va., James said the first part...

Britain and Australia will both have their own nodes of the Distributed Common Ground System, said Lt. Gen. Larry James, Air Force intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance chief, on Thursday. The DCGS is a network of centers worldwide that processes, exploits,...

As the war in Afghanistan enters its 12th fighting season this summer and the US and NATO drawdown continues, Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Charles Gurganus, commanding general of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, said he expects to see “a concerted...

The upcoming fighting season in Afghanistan will be the most important of the nearly 12-year campaign so far, said British Army Brigadier Stuart Skeates, who is currently serving as deputy commander of the US Marine Corps’ 1st Marine Expeditionary Force,...

The Air Force’s Fiscal 2014 budget request includes $2.3 billion for science and technology projects—a slight increase from the service’s Fiscal 2013 request, David Walker, deputy assistant secretary of the Air Force for science, technology, and engineering told lawmakers this...

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) confirmed this week that Pentagon officials are considering upgrading US Cyber Command from its current status. “There is a proposal before the Secretary of Defense to elevate Cyber Command from a...

The Air Force is still determining whether it wants to advance the non-explosive missile design known as CHAMP onto the acquisition track, said David Walker, deputy assistant secretary of the Air Force for science, technology, and engineering. Despite a successful...