Robots will join the Combat Air Forces within the next decade, flying alongside manned airplanes, bearing extra munitions, assisting with surveillance and jamming, and even making kamikaze attacks to defend their wingmen. These Low-Cost Attritable Aircraft Systems (LCAAS), in development since 2015, seek to affordably ...
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When Steven Bennett made his decision, he was well aware that no pilot had ever ditched an OV-10 and survived.
The gap between Earth orbit and the moon is open, uncharted, and undefended.
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The U.S. cannot wait for a crisis moment to address China's pacing threat.
After two spaceflights, Grissom was at the top of the test pilot pyramid, and the risks grew greater.
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The Department of the Air Force is pursuing a future in which it buys all its IT as a service, from cloud computing to networking and from email to the help desk.
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Afghanistan Exit; Force Generation Redo; New PT Uniforms; JADC2 Program Office; and more ...
Frank Kendall became the 26th Secretary of the Department of the Air Force on July 28, 2021. An engineer, lawyer, and West Point graduate, Kendall was the Defense Department undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology, and logistics from 2012 to 2017. He spoke with Editor ...