Thursday, April 25, 2024
Thursday, April 25, 2024
This Thursday INSIDER Daily Digest has a slew of Air Force news plus Navy submarine maintenance plans and more.
Here's an early look at some of the stories that will be in tomorrow's Inside the Air Force:
Air Force soliciting high-energy laser prototypes for base, aircraft defense
A fledgling directed-energy effort aims to create a ground-based laser prototype that can protect bases from airborne threats before scaling it up to fly on an aircraft, according to an Air Force request for solutions this week.
Lockheed exploring ways to leverage Space Fence software for LRDR
MOORESTOWN, NJ -- Lockheed Martin is exploring opportunities to leverage software developed for the Air Force's Space Fence radar into its work on the Long-Range Discrimination Radar the company is building for the Missile Defense Agency.
Air Force working with F-35 JPO, Lockheed to define ALIS agile software pathfinder
The Air Force is working with the F-35 joint program office and prime contractor Lockheed Martin to apply agile software development techniques used by the Kessel Run Experimentation Lab to the troubled Autonomic Logistics Information System.
Predictive maintenance, other advanced technologies under consideration for U-2, RQ-4
BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, CA -- The commander of the 9th Maintenance Squadron wants to piggyback on the Defense Innovation Unit's artificial-intelligence work to improve sustainment for Lockheed Martin's U-2.
Air Force weather director concerned about cybersecurity of space and ground systems
The official in charge of crafting Air Force weather and space environmental doctrine said this week one of the biggest challenges the service has faced as it works to modernize space weather ground stations is protecting and verifying data.
Robins AFB could eventually replace Northrop as key JSTARS maintainer after depot pathfinder
The Air Force will consider whether its maintenance crew at Robins Air Force Base, GA, can eventually replace Northrop Grumman as the depot provider for the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System.
The head of the Senate Armed Services Committee won't be buying Raytheon stock anytime soon:
Inhofe dumps defense stocks after controversial Raytheon purchase
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jim Inhofe (R-OK) has instructed his financial adviser to no longer purchase any defense stocks after news broke that he bought shares in Raytheon following a meeting with President Trump that led to a newly proposed boost in defense spending.
Navy leaders this week gave lawmakers their plans for how to speed up maintenance on submarines:
Lawmakers press Navy to address submarine maintenance backlog
Lawmakers are pushing the Navy to address its submarine maintenance backlog at shipyards following a watchdog report that found the service spent over $1.5 billion in the last decade on vessels it could not operationally deploy.
Oracle America is asserting that there was more than one conflict of interest in DOD's selection of Amazon as a cloud services provider:
Oracle America is alleging two Defense Department officials helped craft a single-award strategy for the Pentagon's $10 billion cloud program while having "significant" conflicts of interest tied to their work with Amazon Web Services.
A prototype helicopter's first flight has yet again suffered a delay:
Boeing-Sikorsky FVL aircraft won't fly until 2019
The first flight of Bell-Sikorsky's proposed aircraft for the Army's Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstrator has again been delayed, this time until early 2019, as representatives say it requires more testing.
The Army's Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor program has garnered a good amount of interest among potential contractors:
Five companies, including two foreign firms, express interest in LTAMDS 'Sense-Off'
Five companies -- three U.S. contractors and two foreign firms -- responded to the Army's industry day invitation and the chance to compete in the Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor program's "Sense-Off" event, a contest to rival the LTAMDS program of record -- allowing new players the opportunity to nab production of the expected multibillion-dollar Patriot radar replacement.