Low-cost, attritable aircraft will likely reshape the fleet design outlined in “The Air Force We Need” white paper of 2018, panelists said during an Oct. 1 event hosted by the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies. The technology's rapid advance is causing service force designers to ...
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The Space Force will stand up its Space Systems Command to oversee software and hardware acquisition “sooner rather than later” in 2021, the service’s second-highest uniformed official said Oct. 1. Lt. Gen. David D. Thompson said during a Defense One event that the new systems ...
The Senate confirmed Lt. Gen. David W. Allvin as the next Air Force Vice Chief of Staff on Sept. 30, while also approving his promotion to four-star general. Allvin will replace current VCSAF Gen. Stephen W. “Seve” Wilson, who became the second-highest officer in July ...
The program annually recognizes 12 enlisted members for superior leadership, job performance, community involvement, and personal achievements.
Digital engineering is real—and accelerating change right now.
Mny changes USAF and USSF made to maintain ops while mitigating COVID-19 risk will be temporary, but leaders think some could turn permanent.
The second ABMS on-ramp experiment offers a peek into the future of JADC2.
Relocating is hard for everyone, but for service members, it’s a way of life. COVID-19 challenged even the pros.
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Another decade of enhancements will give the B-52 three more decades of power.
Lt. Gen. B. Chance Saltzman, Space Force Deputy Chief of Space Operations for Operations, Cyber, and Nuclear, speaks with Rachel S. Cohen about Space Force.
China is making steady and ominous gains in the quality of its military forces and its ability to project power—while making more open challenges to the U.S. in the Indo-Pacific and worldwide, according to the Pentagon’s 173-page China Military Power Report released in late August.
