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The Space Force needs more resources in upcoming budgets to maintain an "asymmetric advantage" both in space and across domains, while any cuts would benefit potential adversaries including China, Vice Chief of Space Operations Gen. Michael Guetlein said today.
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is piloting a program to accredit artificial intelligence models to create a unified validation system across the agency, director Vice Adm. Frank Whitworth said today.
The Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman a $200 million contract for the second Deep Space Advance Radar Capability site, which will be built in the United Kingdom.
Air Combat Command's first EA-37B Compass Call aircraft touched down at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, AZ last week, allowing aircrews to begin pilot mission planning and training, according to a service news release.
The Air Force awarded Palantir an $8 million, one-year contract to see if current commercial artificial intelligence mission control software and services can be used to support the 7th Air Force in South Korea, according to a Defense Department announcement earlier this month.
The Space Development Agency today awarded a total of $424 million to two non-traditional defense contractors for the Tranche 2 Transport Layer-Gamma variant satellites for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.
The Air Force is looking to modernize its live-fire test and evaluation systems by incorporating satellite communications, command and control, according to a request for information posted today.
Lockheed Martin will buy satellite manufacturer Terran Orbital for $450 million as a way to expand its space business, the company announced today.
The Air Force and Boeing finalized the E-7A Wedgetail contract, inking the deal for $2.56 billion for the rapid prototype program, the service announced today.
The Space Force is shifting its software acquisition policies, acquisition chief Frank Calvelli said today, learning from the problems and delays of the Next Generation Operational Control System for the GPS enterprise.
DAYTON, OH -- The Air Force will be making fundamental changes to its capability development strategy to prioritize integration so all of the service's systems can work together, a key part of the Air Force modernization plan for a potential conflict with China.
DAYTON, OH -- The two programs designed to keep the B-52 Stratofortress bomber flying for the next few decades are facing serious headwinds, including new prices for the Radar Modernization Program nearing the Nunn-McCurdy Act cost growth thresholds, officials said this week.
DAYTON, OH -- The Air Force may use the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program's Joint Simulation Environment for training and testing for the B-21 Raider nuclear bomber, the program executive officer said today.
DAYTON, OH -- Determining whether the current plan for the sixth-generation fighter jet is the right fit for the Air Force's fleet will take a few more months, Secretary Frank Kendall said today, delaying the schedule for the program, which expected a contract to be signed this summer.
The Air Force this month stood up the first in a series of offices designed to better integrate capabilities across the service's organizations as part of its restructuring plan announced earlier this year.
This Thursday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the Air Force's Next Generation Air Dominance effort, the Navy's nuclear-armed, sea-launched cruise missile program, the Sentinel nuclear missile program and more.
As the Sentinel nuclear missile program faces ballooning total costs, Northrop Grumman executives stressed during their second-quarter earnings call today that those increases won’t be realized yet for several years, past the current contract.
Lt. Gen. John Lamontagne has been nominated to become commander of Air Mobility Command, pending Senate confirmation, the Defense Department announced today.
While still waiting to finalize the contract for the E-7A Wedgetail, the Air Force and Boeing have agreed on an "affordable price" for the warning and control contract, service officials said this week.
While it's creating a new acquisition strategy for the Sentinel nuclear missile program, the Air Force will be reassessing how the program can meet the requirements set by U.S. nuclear policy for the ground leg of the triad, the service under secretary said today.