Air Force leaders today are making significant decisions about the future force, betting on the promise of autonomous collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) as a means to increase the Air Force’s combat capacity.
IT Modernization
Less than a year after announcing the rollout of a new online platform for evaluations, the Air Force is pausing use of the system amid a deluge of complaints from Airmen. The service initially promised that the platform, dubbed myEval, would be a “21st century IT application” ...
The Department of the Air Force once again failed its audit but made progress in cleaning up its books. Since 2008, the Air Force has never produced a clean audit for either its General Fund, which supports its core missions and overall operations, or its ...
What the B-52 will look like after engine upgrade; B-21 roll out set for Dec. 2.
Air & Space Forces Association President retired Lt. Gen. Bruce Wright led Chief of Space Operations Gen. John W. "Jay" Raymond and Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian in a discussion of "Digital Transformation—Unlocking the Cloud" at AFA's Air, Space & Cyber Conference. Watch the video ...
Brig. Gen. Dale White, program executive officer for fighters and advanced aircraft, said much of the recent service-life extension program (SLEP) work on the F-16 has bought years of additional life for the type, and he’s gotten no instructions to start work on its successor, ...
Collins Aerospace's Mosarc open system capabilities help align with emerging standards (e.g., OMS, HOST, FACE™, SOSA™) for rapid integration between mission and flight deck systems.
Skunk Works sees value in MUM-T; Firms bid on JADC2 contract; F-22s head to Poland; Mackay Trophy to AC-130J Crews; USAF's next Aircrew helmet; Randall Walden to advise William LaPlante; Issues with Martin-Baker's ejection seat.
PACAF competes with China; B-2 BTF deploys to Australia; Q&A with Alaska Command's Lt. Gen. David Krumm