The Department of the Air Force awarded a three-year, $2.5 million contract last week to Quantum Research Services, a small firm affiliated with Purdue University, for what they say is the Pentagon’s first ever “operational, production-level quantum computing software.” The software will focus on supply chain ...
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The Air Force’s E-4B 'Doomsday' fleet—designed to give senior U.S. leaders a flying command post to control forces in the case of a national emergency or crisis—consists of just four aircraft, with one always on alert. That doesn't leave a lot of time for maintainers ...
Air Mobility Command wants to use wearables to help aircrew better prepare for the mental and physical load of being the military’s primary transport across the Pacific in a conflict with China.
The Space Rapid Capabilities Office, charged with quickly delivering cutting-edge, often-classified technologies for the Space Force, has made key progress in its push to modernize the aging system used to control U.S. government satellites, its director revealed last week. Additionally, the secretive organization deployed “threat ...
A new report by the Center for Strategic & International Studies writes that unique phenomena occurring at hypersonic speeds could make hypersonic weapons easier to detect and track on hyperspectral or radiofrequency sensors.
For decades, the Space Force and the Air Force before it have had a tried-and-true method: massive, costly satellites are sent into orbit by launches that have been planned for months. Once there, those satellites mostly stay put in their orbits, preserving as much fuel ...
Congress is mandating biennial updates on the Pentagon’s strategy for developing, buying, and fielding offensive and defensive hypersonic systems, according to the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act, which is poised to pass both chambers this week. They also want a plan identifying overland test ranges ...
The U.S., U.K., and Australia have agreed to place advanced space tracking radar sites in their countries in a major new initiative that will expand the AUKUS agreement. The three countries will host and operate the Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC), a state-of-the-art ground-based radar ...
After proving last month that the Link 16 data network can broadcast from space to the ground, the director of the Space Development Agency expects to test similar connections for datalinks that are more advanced than the 1980s-era Link 16.