Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies
It’s not too late to register for a live event with Dr. Tim Grayson, director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Strategic Technology Office, at 1:30 p.m. Eastern time July 20. This event, hosted by AFA’s Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, will examine the new policy paper, “Speed is Life: Accelerating the Air Force’s Ability to Adapt and Win,” by the institute's Heather Penney, which explores this vision and charts a pathway that the Air Force and other services must adopt to succeed in an increasingly complex set of threats.
C4ISRnet.com
“The Department of the Air Force, through the U.S. Space Force and Air Force Research Laboratory, is embarking on two ventures with sweeping implications for the Arctic region and for how the department does business there. Both projects have the potential to dramatically improve the lives of the region’s residents, and both rely on collaborating outside the U.S. government to adapt and move quickly,” writes Space Force Lt. Gen. Bill Liquori, deputy chief of space operations for strategy, plans, programs, requirements, and analysis; and Iris Ferguson, a senior adviser to the U.S. Air Force, who authored the service’s Arctic Strategy.
Sandboxx
Russia’s infamous Sukhoi Su-57 has had more than its fair share of issues on the long road to production, but the nation may have a saving grace inbound in the form of an all-new stealth fighter set to be unveiled later this month. Details about the new platform are somewhat scarce, but statements made by officials, glimpses of images online, and formal announcements about the aircraft combine to make for a fairly fleshed-out idea of what this new fifth-generation jet is all about.
Air Force Magazine
Cloud computing is helping the Air Force reinvent everything from combat systems to working from home. Find out the latest on Air Force IT modernization here.
Defense One
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s visit to the White House on July 15 could be one of the last chances for the United States to address some of its biggest issues with a top ally in the near term, experts warn, including how to confront a rising China. Merkel is meeting with President Joe Biden for what the White House is calling a “working visit” on what is likely her last trip to Washington before she leaves her position in the fall.
C4ISRnet.com
Britain’s Royal Air Force chief has said he is ready to declare a multidomain combat cloud capability as operational, and is approaching the same state for swarming drone technology. The announcement about the military cloud capability follows successful trials earlier this year. “We’ve been working on this in our Rapid Capabilities Office, and I can announce today that we are now at the point where our combat cloud, called Nexus, can begin to be introduced operationally,” Chief of the Air Staff Air Marshal Mike Wigston told the Global Air Chiefs’ Conference in London on July 14.
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A number of United States Air Force stealth F-22 Raptors are slated to take part in an upcoming military exercise in the Western Pacific that is designed to test and improve the Air Force’s ability to operate in a contested environment. That exercise is Pacific Iron 2021, and while the Air Force has not revealed when the exercise will be taking place—saying only that Pacific Iron 2021 is scheduled for some time in July—it will involve a large number of Air Force personnel and equipment.
Military.com
The Pentagon on July 15 confirmed that some of the suspected assassins of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse had received training from the U.S. military while they were serving in the Colombian military. In a statement, Pentagon spokesman Lt. Col. Ken Hoffman said a review of training databases showed a "small number" of the Colombians who were detained as part of the investigation into Moïse's assassination had taken part in U.S. military training and education programs.
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Stars & Stripes
Air Force officials on Wednesday defended their plan to replace just one child-care center in 2022, despite a Defense Department report last year identifying more than 70 service child-care facilities needing upgrades. The 2020 report mandated by Congress found 72 “poor” and four “failing” Air Force child development facilities. However, an Air Force official said during a subpanel hearing of the House Armed Services Committee that the service has requested $20 million in its fiscal 2022 proposed budget for only one child-care development center to be replaced at Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, Texas.
Space Force release
The 2nd Space Operations Squadron, part of Space Delta 8 headquartered at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, operationally accepted GPS III Space Vehicle 05, the newest satellite in its modernized Global Positioning System constellation, June 29, 2021. The satellite enables enhanced worldwide Military Code (M-code) coverage. Operational acceptance occurs when the satellite is handed from the acquisition community, which purchased the satellite and contracted for its launch, to the operational squadron to execute global operations.
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Defense Systems
The Air Force wants high-resolution 3D scans of the interiors and exteriors of its facilities so it can give civil engineers, firefighters, and medical responders greater insight into the condition of buildings before and during emergencies.
