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Snapshot: DOD and COVID-19
Here's a look at how the Defense Department is being impacted by and responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Army Develops Model to Aid Epidemic Predictions
Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Army researchers have developed a new mathematical model that could improve future disease outbreak predictions based on how information mutates as it is transmitted.
GAO Flags Concerns about Procurement of DOD’s Early Warning Satellites
U.S. Space Force plans to deploy five missile-warning satellites by 2029 so far is progressing on schedule but the service might be underestimating risks in the program, the Government Accountability Office says in a new report.
Artificial Intelligence at Core of Marine Officers’ ‘Big Ideas’ for Future of Force
Artificial intelligence, machine learning, virtual reality, and other technological advances are at the center of the “Big Ideas Exchange.” The goal is moving the most promising idea from the theoretical to the practical as quickly as possible.
KBR to Provide Avionics Product and Lifecycle Analysis for USAF
KBR has won a $33.5 million task order to provide product and lifecycle analysis of common avionics to the U.S. Air Force’s 638th Supply Chain Management Group and the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center. All common avionics for the USAF are managed by the SCMG and AFLCMC, including the Global Positioning System, precision attack systems, ground radio communications, RQ-4 Global Hawk, B-52 Stratofortress, and the E-3 airborne warning and control systems.
U.S. Air Force 3D Printing Partnership Reaches First Key Milestone
A collaboration between General Electric and the U.S. Air Force has reached its first milestone as a sump cover for the F110 has been 3D-printed.
Rapid Acquisition & Sustainment
The Air Force and U.S. defense establishment are breaking down barriers and injecting speed, innovation, and creativity into the procurement system. Check out our new page to learn more about these efforts.
Remembering Exercise Coronet Bat, 25 Years Later
Twenty-five years ago this week, a pair of B-1B Lancers took off from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, and circumnavigated the globe without stopping.