Thursday, April 25, 2024
Thursday, April 25, 2024
This Monday INSIDER Daily Digest includes the recent Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando, a new Army Science Board study and more.
The Air Force's acquisition chief recently shed more light on his service's decision to go with the Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon:
Roper: ARRW offers more advanced hypersonic capability than HCSW
ORLANDO, FL -- When deciding which of its two hypersonic prototyping efforts to continue funding, the Air Force chose the Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon since it provides greater capability for the B-52 and has a more advanced design, according to the service's acquisition chief.
The Air Force's Skyborg effort is intended to add artificial intelligence to autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles and is one of the inaugural vanguard programs the service launched to push groundbreaking capabilities through experimentation and prototyping on a faster time line than usual:
Skyborg mission sets to evolve via 'Century Series' model, may run like iPhone apps
ORLANDO, FL -- The Skyborg program won't produce the hyped vision of a weaponized, loyal wingman right away, but will instead introduce advanced technology in cycles, allowing the system to take on more complex mission sets over time that could eventually run like applications on an iPhone, according to Air Force officials.
More of our coverage from the recent Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando, in case you missed it:
Air Force doubles down on FY-21 budget pitch to Congress
ORLANDO, FL -- The Air Force is preparing to defend its fiscal year 2021 budget realignments to Congress, holding classified briefings with lawmakers and staffers ahead of hearings likely to expose the service's proposals to heavy scrutiny.
16th Air Force to open singular ops center, focus on EMS and AI needs
ORLANDO, FL -- The 16th Air Force has begun supporting combatant commanders' cyber operations since opening in October and is now seeking stronger integration of information warfare units across the globe while also beefing up electromagnetic spectrum and artificial intelligence capabilities.
PACAF chief Brown advocates info sharing with allies, disconnected cloud services for ABMS
ORLANDO, FL -- As planners in the Pentagon develop the Advanced Battle Management System, the head of Pacific Air Forces says they need to prioritize communication with foreign partners and ensure warfighters disconnected from the cloud can still operate.
Textron Systems has nabbed a multimillion-dollar contact for mine countermeasures-focused unmanned surface vehicles:
Navy awards UISS low-rate initial production contract to Textron
The Navy today awarded a $21 million low-rate initial production contract modification to Textron Systems for three unmanned surface vehicles focused on mine countermeasures, two days after the service announced the program achieved its acquisition milestone C.
The Army Science Board earlier this year launched a study at the service secretary's direction on "Data Integrity for Operating Force (OF) Decision Making":
Army advisory panel assessing vulnerability to tampering of data delivered to operating forces
Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy has commissioned an advisory panel to provide an independent assessment of the service's information assurance capabilities, a matter central to plans for semi-autonomous weapon systems and future combat.
Document: ASB terms of reference memo for information assurance capabilities study
The Navy's top civilian recently gave a speech at the Brookings Institution:
Modly sketches out potential Navy force structure changes, anticipates 390-ship fleet
Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly today forecasted details of the service's forthcoming force structure assessment, despite a temporary hold on the document from Defense Secretary Mark Esper.