The Department of the Air Force is consolidating more than 50 programs supporting its efforts to create a vast battle network into a single $4.5 billion contract vehicle to streamline software and technology integration.
DAF Battle Network
For the first time, members of the Space Force joined with the Air Force in using advanced artificial intelligence in a complex command-and-control experiment to speed up combat decision-making.
The Air Force and Space Force are preparing to kick off a series of exercises called “Ringleader” aimed at testing the services’ ability to integrate the troves of data collected by ground, air, and space sensors, and use it to track and engage enemy targets.
The Air Force is spending $315 million to procure more than 40 new battle management kits that can each fit on a single C-130, the next step in its push to shift to leaner, more advanced ground-based command and control.
The Department of the Air Force will be taking over the Pentagon’s prototype Joint Fires Network, or JFN, as it transitions to a fully fledged program of record, program executive officer for command, control, communications, and battle management Maj. Gen. Luke C.G. Cropsey told reporters ...
The Air Force has ordered its first E-7A Wedgetail battle management and command and control aircraft, announcing Aug. 9 it has agreed to a deal with Boeing worth $2.56 billion for two platforms. The service says the deal is for “operationally representative prototype E-7A weapons ...
Advances in artificial intelligence and software development will be key to two of the Air Force’s top programs: the DAF Battle Network, which connects sensors and shooters around the globe, and Collaborative Combat Aircraft autonomous drones, service acquisition executive Andrew Hunter said Aug. 7
CCA's take shape; Modernizing the Battle Network; Scheduling the new nukes; CMSSF Towberman bids farewell.
Across the Department of Defense, agencies and branches are exploring artificial intelligence tools and all their potential uses, from empowering unmanned systems to catalyzing quicker and better decision-making on the battlefield. The Department of the Air Force is no exception—just last month, DAF released a ...
After years of planning, experiments, and discussion, the Department of the Air Force is ready to start modernizing its command and control capabilities now, the top general overseeing the effort said Sept. 11. “The modernization of C2 isn't tomorrow, it’s today,” Brig. Gen. Luke C.G. Cropsey, ...
With a striking story and four basic guidelines, Air Force command, control, communications, and battle management czar Brig. Gen. Luke C.G. Cropsey laid out the state of play and his priorities for industry during a keynote address the Life Cycle Industry Days conference on Aug. ...
Coordination across the services is at a historic high when it comes to the Pentagon’s plans to connect sensors and shooters from every domain around the globe—but there will still be setbacks in the ambitious effort, Brig. Gen. Luke C.G. Cropsey, the Department of the ...