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Air Force to Finally Take Lead on Network for Joint Fires as It Consolidates C2

Sept. 24, 2025 | By Shaun Waterman
After more than a year of preparation, a once-obscure Air Force program office will on Oct. 1 assume management of a key effort to network forces from every military service in near real time, culminating an expansion that has placed it at the center of ...

Meeting the Software Challenge: How the Air Force Is Embracing New Acquisition Rules

April 30, 2025 | By Shaun Waterman
In Part 1 of a series exploring the Software Acquisition Pathway, Lt. Gen. Luke C.G. Cropsey, who heads the Air Force’s most consequential IT acquisition programs, says he’s already using the authorities that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has pushed to contract directly with commercial startups ...

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