Air Force Special Operations Command is in the market for a new family of standoff, precision-guided munitions to fire from AC-130 gunships.
Friday, December 6, 2024
Friday, December 6, 2024
Rachel Cohen was managing editor for Inside the Air Force until January 2019. She previously covered the public health insurance marketplaces for Inside Health Policy and primary, secondary and higher education at the Frederick News-Post in Frederick County, Maryland. She graduated from American University in 2013 with a bachelor's degree in international studies and journalism.
Air Force Special Operations Command is in the market for a new family of standoff, precision-guided munitions to fire from AC-130 gunships.
An Air Force group tasked with envisioning the next era of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance is helping the service prepare for a possible yearlong study of that subject.
Raytheon will take over sustainment responsibilities for a key legacy Air Force command-and-control program from Jacobs Technology, under a $375 million, six-year contract that began May 1, the company announced April 26.
The Air Force's Enterprise Capability Collaboration Team studying multidomain command and control will wrap up its concepts development phase this month and kick off the start of experimentation, according to the team's deputy.
Some must-reads from this week's issue of Inside the Air Force.
PHILADELPHIA, PA. -- Boeing officials plan to seek clarity from the Air Force about changes included in the latest draft request for proposals in the competition to replace the UH-1N Huey fleet, saying they’re unsure why the service is pushing certain requirements and seem to be pursuing a development program rather than an off-the-shelf procurement.
The vice commander of U.S. Strategic Command said today the Pentagon has started its ballistic missile defense review, a six-month effort that will run just behind the nuclear posture review that began last month.
Some must-reads from this week's issue of Inside the Air Force.
The Air Force will judge helicopters pitched to replace the UH-1N Huey on four criteria that were added into the classified second draft request for proposals earlier this month, a service spokeswoman told Inside the Air Force this week. (UPDATED)
Lockheed Martin is drawing up ideas for ways to turn its Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile into a delivery system for smaller munitions and potentially small unmanned aerial systems, a configuration that could be immediately available with federal funding, a company official told Inside the Air Force this week.
The Air Force now expects to complete integration of Raytheon's Small Diameter Bomb II onto Boeing's F-15E in 2019, two years later than originally planned, a service spokeswoman recently confirmed.
The Air Force plans to hold a tabletop exercise with three- and four-star generals in July as part of its ongoing study of multidomain command and control, an official leading the effort said this week.
The Air Force is looking for companies able to build components of the GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator system, including the warhead case, tail kit, fuzing system, carriage and release equipment and other ground support equipment.
Lockheed Martin will manage all life-cycle support for two of its cruise missile programs at its Orlando, FL, facility under a $100 million, sole-source Air Force contract announced this week.
The Air Force's second draft request for proposals to replace the UH-1N Huey released April 19 formalizes a new acquisition strategy that lets companies install extra items onto their helicopters before production, as the service announced it would do in February.
The Air Force this week issued a stop-work order for the beleaguered Air Operations Center Weapon System 10.2 upgrade program due to insufficient funds, according to a service spokeswoman.
Hypersonic intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft are getting a new look under an effort that will explore air-breathing engines and may try to estimate the overall cost of such a platform, officials recently told Inside Defense.
The Air Force is revamping “Checkmate,” a strategic studies group started in the 1970s that sporadically evolves based on the needs of service leadership, according to the Air Force's operations chief.
The Air Force says its 350 MQ-9 Reapers are enough to fulfill its current program of record until follow-on capabilities are fielded and has a plan to use backup and reserve aircraft to refill the remotely piloted aircraft's inventory through 2025.
Lockheed Martin and the Air Force last month tested the next phase of manned-unmanned teaming technology that will shape the service's Loyal Wingman effort, and a company official told Inside the Air Force this week they plan to launch more demonstrations later this year.