Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said he's "unsatisfied" with the pace of progress in Air Force hypersonics programs and even "the degree to which we’ve figured out what we need from hypersonics." Speaking to reporters at AFA's Air, Space & Cyber Conference, he said he's ...
Technology
The Air Force's technology innovation hub has asked technology companies, industry partners, academia, and others to "revolutionize" flight line operations. The effort—a “sequel” to AFWERX's 2020 base of the future initiative—is aimed at addressing challenges such as airfield maintenance and repair; aircraft maintenance operations; and ...
A mockup of a 30-centimeter-long satellite on a shelf in the lobby of Blue Canyon Technologies may not look like much, but it represents a new approach to weather reconnaissance that could one day render one of the Air Force’s earliest missions obsolete. The three-unit, ...
Leonardo DRS has developed the world’s smallest and most capable integrated broadcast service (IBS) solution in what is the new Joint Tactical Terminal (JTT-NG). With more capability packed into a smaller form, the system represents the best long-term solution for the Air Force in terms ...
The National Reconnaissance Office is further integrating with the Space Force and U.S. Space Command while also innovating faster to keep up with the threat posed by adversaries in space, NRO leaders said at Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colo. NRO Director Chris Scolese said ...
The Department of the Air Force is pursuing a future in which it buys all its IT as a service, from cloud computing to networking and from email to the help desk.
The Space Development Agency will issue an official request for proposals Aug. 30 for the Tranche 1 Transport Layer of its National Defense Space Architecture. It will provide the Defense Department a range of options for sharing information if signals are jammed or systems destroyed. ...
Two programs to help prevent or mitigate the jamming of communication signals could become operational in 2022 and 2023. Rico Attanasio, director of tactical military satellite communications for Boeing Defense, Space, and Security, said the Mitigation and Anti-Jam Enhancement will be deployed at five grounds ...
While it's probably too late to fix the supply and trustworthiness of the current global microelectronics enterprise, there's good reason to think the U.S., especially with some government investment, can regain its edge as a world chip supplier, experts said in a Hudson Institute streaming ...