The last few years have seen a dramatic increase in mental health conditions for Americans in general, and for military service members, in particular. In recent years, the Air Force has taken deliberate steps to encourage mental wellness and provide support for Airmen through innovative ...
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A new experiment integrating commercial satellites with military networks for tactical and strategic communications is one of U.S. Northern Command chief Gen. Glen D. VanHerck’s priorities. The experiment should be concluded within the year, he said during a press briefing. Speaking from Alaska with Pentagon ...
As the Air Force Research Laboratory is studying the space environment in space, it’s also building a new device to simulate the space environment in a lab. Both activities could help the Space Force predict and track the well being of satellites.
The Space Force’s chief technology and innovation officer has an idea for how not to let the military’s artificial intelligence get out of hand. Lisa Costa’s office focuses on “asymmetric, disruptive technology,” she told members of the press at the Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, ...
It is incumbent upon aerospace companies and defense agencies to digitally transform their operations to be more productive, innovative, and collaborative. The key to their business transformation is digital transformation, writes Dale Tutt, Vice President of Aerospace and Defense Industry, for Siemens Digital Industries Software.
As the Pentagon continues to aggressively expand its development of hypersonic weapons, officials will need to consider the “range of capabilities” the Defense Department actually needs, Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III told a Congressional panel.
Growing out of the problem of fratricide in close air support, an app originating in the Air Force Research Laboratory is bringing wildland firefighting into the internet age. Team Awareness Kit’s free downloads and plugin architecture are giving firefighters, among others, the ability to layer ...
GE’s XA100 engine translates to 30% more range for the Air Force’s F-35A, 20-40% faster acceleration, and double the power and thermal management capacity versus existing engines. GE’s engine is also designed to bring these performance impacts to the carrier-based F-35C with no structural modifications ...
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