Inside the Air Force highlights

By John Liang / July 6, 2018 at 5:00 AM

Some must-reads from this week's issue of Inside the Air Force:

1. The Air Force's secretive Common Mission Control Center -- viewed as a key piece of the service's multidomain command-and-control push -- is on track to reach early operational capability next year and initial operational capability in 2020, a service official tells Inside Defense.

Full story: Secretive next-generation BMC2 system expected to reach IOC in 2020

2. A Defense Acquisition Board scheduled in June to review the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter's follow-on development plan has been delayed as the program office continues to gather cost and time line data for the effort.

Full story: F-35 follow-on development DAB delayed as JPO refines cost, schedule estimates

3. The Air Force has canceled the flying portion of the second phase of its light-attack experiment at Holloman Air Force Base, NM, after an A-29 Super Tucano crashed during a June 22 experimentation flight that killed the jet's pilot.

Full story: USAF cancels flight portion of light-attack experiments after fatal A-29 crash

4. The Air Force expects all of its certified space launch providers to transition to a new Automated Flight Safety System by the end of 2023, according to a new report, and the service is working with missile test programs to overcome challenges associated with adopting the new system.

Full story: AFSPC eyes automated flight safety implementation in 2023

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