The Air Force today announced key civilian and military staff positions that will support the service's new -- and not-yet-announced -- deputy chief of staff for space operations.
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Courtney Albon was senior editor for aviation and space at Inside Defense until December 2021. She covered the Air Force since 2012, reporting largely on space programs and fighter aircraft acquisition, development and budget from inside Capitol Hill, the Pentagon, and from military installations around the United States. Courtney previously worked as a general assignment reporter at The Ashland Times-Gazette in Ashland, OH, covering education and local government. She graduated from American University in 2008, where she studied journalism and sociology.
The Air Force today announced key civilian and military staff positions that will support the service's new -- and not-yet-announced -- deputy chief of staff for space operations.
The Air Force Research Laboratory's 711th Human Performance Wing is continuing its investigation of the F-35 Onboard Oxygen-Generating System and plans to begin comparison testing later this month with one of the systems used by a pilot who experienced physiological symptoms at Luke Air Force Base, AZ.
U.S. Special Operations Command is looking for companies to develop or study platform-agnostic light-attack technologies, according to an Aug. 11 broad agency announcement.
The Air Force will host a series of life-cycle industry days next month featuring officials from Air Combat Command, the Air Force Research Laboratory, the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, and other organizations to discuss life-cycle management across the service's portfolio of weapon systems.
Some must-reads from this week's issue of Inside the Air Force.
The Air Force told companies at a recent industry day it plans to begin migrating Space-Based Infrared System satellites onto a modernized ground control and mission data-processing system in fiscal years 2017 and 2018.
The Air Force is moving forward with a plan to address two critical weather coverage gaps and launch an initial space-based environmental monitoring capability in fiscal year 2024.
A federal bug bounty program aimed at incentivizing ethical hackers to uncover cyber vulnerabilities in Air Force networks resulted in the identification of 207 valid vulnerabilities.
Three industry teams are putting their light-attack capabilities on display this week during an experimentation exercise at Holloman Air Force Base, NM.
The Government Accountability Office said in an Aug. 8 report it remains concerned about the impact of concurrency on the F-35 Follow-on modernization effort, but is withholding recommendations until the Defense Department submits a report detailing its baseline plan for Block 4 development.
The Air Force is delaying a contract award for a T-1 trainer avionics modernization program by eight months due to a stronger-than-expected industry response to its solicitation.
Some must-reads from this week's issue of Inside the Air Force.
As House lawmakers propose significant changes to the way the Defense Department manages the space domain, DOD is conducting a trade space review to consider the merit of current proposals and identify new possible organizational and leadership structures.
U.S. Strategic Command wants to take more time to define its requirements for a small synthetic aperture radar capability after an Operationally Responsive Space study found that "feasible and relevant solutions" exist to meet the urgent operational need.
The Air Force confirmed this week it has delayed launch of an Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite due to a problem with a power regulator unit discovered earlier this year.
The Air Force is anticipating an additional schedule slip to the GPS next-generation ground control segment, and has requested a nine-month schedule extension to complete development.
The Air Warfare Center at Nellis Air Force Base, NV, is working to develop a capability to connect F-22 and F-35 simulators in a common environment by 2019 -- an effort that will set the foundation for a new Virtual Test and Training Center.
The Air Force Research Laboratory plans to hold an industry day later this month to discuss a new program to reinvigorate the service's integrated space experimentation capabilities.
The Air Force expects to unveil an updated bomber roadmap in September that will detail future bomber force-structure needs and identify the new B-21 Raider's role in that future fleet.
The Defense Department is asking Congress to approve a $91 million reprogramming request to accelerate the Air Force's Next-Generation Air Dominance effort.