Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall alluded to an event in which artificial intelligence helped to identify a target or targets in "a live operational kill chain” in his remarks at the Air Force Association’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Md., ...
Munitions needed in a near-peer competition, especially with China, may call for longer ranges, and aircraft may need to be able to carry more of them. Defense industry executives made these projections among others in a panel discussion Sept. 20 at AFA’s Air, Space & ...
The House of Representatives likely won’t get the 2021 defense policy bill on to the floor for a vote until as late as July, as the Biden administration has not yet released its proposed budget and is making a major infrastructure bill its main priority, ...
Five hundred more U.S. personnel will be based in Germany starting later this year, in a reversal from previous Pentagon plans to draw troops out of the country under the Trump administration. Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III announced the increase during a visit to ...
President Joe Biden will request $715 billion for the Pentagon in his first budget request in office, about a $10 billion increase from the 2021 enacted budget but below the sustained growth military officials have asked for. Notably, Biden’s budget...
Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III on April 9 announced interim steps to counter extremism in the ranks following Defense Department-wide standdowns to discuss the issue, including updating DOD guidance on what defines extremist behavior and updating questionnaires that prospective service members take. In the ...
The Defense Department has regained some lost readiness after two decades of continuous combat, but still has more work to do, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office. “Nearly two decades of conflict has degraded U.S. military readiness," wrote report author Diana ...
Watch the video or read the transcript of the fireside chat with Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., Chief of Staff of the Air Force; and Mackenzie Eaglen, resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, during AFA’s 2021 virtual Aerospace Warfare Symposium.
Watch panelists retired Maj. Gen. Jon A. Norman, vice president of customer requirements and capabilities at Raytheon Missiles & Defense; Terri Quick, director of Air Force customer relations at Elbit Systems of America; Josh Goodman, program management lead for Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) and TurboJet ...
Watch Acting Air Force Secretary John P. Roth and retired Lt. Gen. Bruce “Orville” Wright, AFA President, participate in a fireside chat during AFA’s 2021 virtual Aerospace Warfare Symposium.
Watch Scott Evers, vice president of survivability and special programs at Elbit Systems of America; Dave Robbins, director of the Leidos Innovations Center and senior vice president at Leidos; and moderator Air Force Brig. Gen. David M. Gaedecke, vice commander of Sixteenth Air Force (Air ...
Watch Air Force Maj. Gen. Andrew J. Gebara, director of strategic plans, programs, and requirements at Headquarters Air Force Global Strike Command; USAF Brig. Gen. Heath A. Collins, program executive officer for weapons and director of the Armament Directorate at the Air Force Life Cycle ...