A collection of quotes on airpower, spacepower, and national security issues.
Technology
WORLD-Technology: DAF gets new CIO, Venice Goodwine.
WORLD-Air: KC-135 Recap Requirements; USAF wants to complete E-7 Fleet quickly.
Base planners here are evaluating a suite of new technologies that could change the way military installations operate well into the future.
Nearly five months after the Space Development Agency celebrated the first launch of its massive planned satellite constellation in low-Earth orbit, the organization is set for their second go-around Aug. 31. Thirteen satellites from Tranche 0 of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture are slated to head ...
Through a new effort called the Replicator Initiative, the Department of Defense is seeking to rapidly expand its capacity through relatively inexpensive autonomous systems. And the DOD wants those systems fast—in the “volume and velocity required to deter aggression or win if we’re forced to ...
The Space Force is expanding its effort to be able to launch a satellite into orbit on a moment’s notice, with help from the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit. The two organizations put out a solicitation to industry Aug. 24 for its next “tactically responsive space” mission, ...
Former Chief Scientists of the Air Force are concerned that an office swap moving incumbent Victoria Coleman out of the central service leadership area will diminish the influence of science and technology in top-level decision-making.
The Agile Combat Employment (ACE) operational concept, a proactive and reactive operational scheme of maneuver executed within threat timelines to increase survivability while generating combat power, provides a starting point for Airmen to codify best practices. However, this can be quite...