The Royal Air Force is already seeing good results from forming its own Rapid Capabilities Office, modeled on that of the US Air Force, according to its leader, Air Chief Marshal Michael Wigston. Speaking at an AFA Mitchell Institute on Aerospace Studies event on October ...
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Dynetics is designing new unmanned aerial vehicles for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Gremlins program, which aims to advance the concept of drone swarms in combat. Dynetics courtesy photo. Dynetics is preparing to fly its new drone for the...
Col. Dale White was appointed the Program Executive Officer for the newly created Advanced Aircraft Directorate during an Oct. 2, 2019 ceremony at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. Air Force photo. The Air Force has established a new program executive office, led...
Dan Robinson, the creator of Red 6 Aerospace (shown at right) argues that his company's invention can end USAF's dependence on traditional simulators and adversary air contracts. Red 6 Aerospace courtesy photo. An Air Force-backed augmented-reality company plans to demonstrate...
Raytheon and the Air Force are working toward initially fielding the new Small Diameter Bomb II, or “StormBreaker,” on Boeing’s F-15E. The program recently finished operational testing. Air Force photo via Raytheon. The Air Force is furthering three bomb buys...
Katie Arrington, the newly minted chief information security officer for the assistant defense secretary for acquisition, speaks at the 10th annual Billington CyberSecurity Summit on Sept. 5, 2019, in Washington, D.C. Billington Summit courtesy photo by Nathan Mitchell. Bidders for...
The graphic above, provided by Lockheed Martin, describes the Cyber Resiliency Level model. Lockheed Martin graphic. Lockheed Martin wants the Defense Department to adopt its recently designed framework that shows how well a military system can hold up against cyber...
China is accelerating the improvement of its military, drawing closer to parity with the US in a number of key technologies, and building a smaller but far more professional force of troops, according to a new Defense Intelligence Agency assessment.
A council of colonels from the cyber warfare components of all four military services will be part of a multi-layered governance structure for Unified Platform, the new cyber weapons factory USAF is building for CYBERCOM, a USAF acquisition official said.