There's a lot of technology out there to do moving target indication, whether it's airborne, you can get it from the ground and ground surveillance radars, you can do it from space to certain extent. But the reality is, you're going to need all of ...
Operational Imperatives
We must identify and invest in the specific applications of ABMS that provide a measurable operational advantage to our warfighters.
Our terrestrial forces … cannot survive and perform their missions if our adversary’s space-based operational support systems, especially targeting systems, are allowed to operate with impunity.
In March 2022, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall defined seven Operational Imperatives, the key areas he saw as requiring coordinated focus and investment in order to more rapidly deliver "meaningful operational capability to the warfighter.
U.S. Space Command should seek to work with and buy from commercial industry as much as possible, the Space Force general nominated to lead the combatant command said July 26. Lt. Gen. Stephen N. Whiting’s comments at his Senate confirmation hearing follow on recently announced plans ...
The Air Force plans to cut its F-15E fleet to 99 aircraft in the coming years—cutting more than 100 Strike Eagles from the fleet. The move comes as the service seeks to modernize and bring on new platforms while still keeping enough fighters to be ...
Coordination across the services is at a historic high when it comes to the Pentagon’s plans to connect sensors and shooters from every domain around the globe—but there will still be setbacks in the ambitious effort, Brig. Gen. Luke C.G. Cropsey, the Department of the ...
The head of U.S. Space Command, Army Gen. James Dickinson, took a weeklong trip to Europe June 21-27. U.S. military space officials have been making a concerted effort to enhance America's cooperation with European allies as Russia’s war in Ukraine has highlighted the critical importance ...
American military space operations are due for a significant overhaul to boost the Pentagon's capability to deal with growing threats from China and Russia, the deputy commander of U.S. Space Command said July 6. “The way we’ve been doing space operations since the dawn of the ...