Rachel Cohen

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.

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Daily News | January 30, 2017

Boeing last week was given a sole-source contract worth about $3 million to continue pre-milestone B activities for phase two of the Presidential Aircraft Recapitalization program, the Air Force announced in a Jan. 27 Federal Business Opportunities notice.

Daily News | January 27, 2017

Following through on the current Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System acquisition strategy is the fastest way to reach initial and final operational capability, the Air Force argued in a recent report to Congress.

Daily News | January 27, 2017

The Air Force is taking part in a study that will look at how multiple services will address future weapons needs, which could include possibilities for a joint strike weapon, a service spokeswoman told Inside the Air Force this week.

Daily News | January 27, 2017

A retired Air Force major general who commanded the 20th Air Force and now advises U.S. Strategic Command said this week a hypersonic nuclear missile capability could be considered at a later point, but would not necessarily improve the deterrent offered now by America's intercontinental ballistic missiles.

Daily News | January 24, 2017

Piecing together an airspace picture in anti-access, area denial environments that push surveillance aircraft farther away from the battlespace will require a family-of-systems approach rather than one platform that can do it all, according to the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board chair.

Daily News | January 24, 2017

Fiscal year 2016 testing on one of the Air Force's key surveillance platforms revealed "difficulty in combining various on- and off-board sensor data into a coherent single track on a consistent basis," according to the director of operational test and evaluation's annual report to Congress published Jan. 10.

The Insider | January 23, 2017

Heather Wilson, an Air Force Academy graduate and former Republican congresswoman, is expected to earn the Trump administration's nomination for Air Force secretary, the White House announced Monday morning.

Daily News | January 20, 2017

A joint assessment by the Air Force and Navy found pursuing full commonality for the future Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent and the Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile is "not feasible or practical," the Pentagon told lawmakers in a report delivered last month.

Daily News | January 20, 2017

Mounting a laser on an AC-130J gunship would boost the Air Force Special Operations Command's offensive and defensive capabilities, the service's scientific advisors found in a recent study, confirming the command's hope of pursuing a dual-purpose weapon down the road.

Daily News | January 19, 2017

General Atomics will build four Block 5 MQ-9 Reapers for Spain under a contract worth nearly $57 million by early 2019, according to a recent Defense Department announcement.

Daily News | January 13, 2017

Testing the most recent configuration of air-transportable all-terrain rescue vehicles is expected to begin this spring, the Air Force said last week.

The Insider | January 13, 2017

Remotely piloted aircraft operators could be newly based at Shaw Air Force Base, SC, which this week was named the Air Force's preferred location for an additional MQ-9 Reaper pilot unit, starting in fiscal year 2018.

Daily News | January 13, 2017

Block 5 MQ-9 Reapers are not operationally effective nor operationally suitable for all-weather hunter missions because the unmanned aerial system frequently aborts and breaks, the Pentagon's weapons testing office said this week in its annual report to Congress.

Daily News | January 13, 2017

The Missile Defense Agency's testing of airborne sensors on MQ-9 Reapers has proven the multi-spectral system "can close the fire control loop very quickly," a spokesman said last week, as the agency works with General Atomics to configure a Block 5 extended-range Reaper for missile defense missions.

The Insider | January 10, 2017

The Air Force will order 512 guidance and control sections for Raytheon's Sidewinder missiles over five years, the service said in a Federal Business Opportunities notice this week.

Daily News | January 6, 2017

The Air Force is looking at armored ground vehicles to replace its Humvees that defend missile-launch sites, according to a request for information posted last month and subsequent news reports.

The Insider | January 4, 2017

Northrop Grumman has delayed its test flight of the MS-177 long-range imaging sensor on the RQ-4 Global Hawk to later this month, after it was originally scheduled for late December.

Daily News | December 28, 2016

The Air Force this week floated its $6.9 billion request for proposals for the E-8C Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System recapitalization effort's engineering and manufacturing development phase, calling for an open competition to win a hybrid cost-plus and fixed-price contract after months of debating the preferred acquisition strategy with Congress.

Daily News | December 28, 2016

Air Force Air Combat Command is calling on contractors to protect its airfields in Afghanistan using unmanned aerial surveillance, according to a sources-sought notice posted on the Federal Business Opportunities website this week.

Daily News | December 23, 2016

The Air Force is expanding its search for cheap, disposable intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platforms to include low-cost sensors, according to a request for information issued last week.

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