The Space Force will finish an analysis of alternatives for how to do airborne moving target indication from orbit this fall and rely upon early lessons learned from its still new effort to target objects on the ground as it forges ahead, the service’s chief operations ...
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The Air Force plans to cancel its program to purchase a fleet of E-7 Wedgetail airborne target-tracking jets as part of the fiscal 2026 budget, a senior defense official confirmed June 26.
Adversaries are developing increasingly sophisticated networks in space that enable not just kill chains but kill webs, which are “extremely difficult to defeat,” according to the Space Force’s No. 2 officer.
NATO has selected the Boeing E-7 Wedgetail as its next Airborne Warning and Control aircraft, and will replace its Boeing E-3 Sentries with the new aircraft by 2035. NATO will buy six E-7s, but may acquire more if other parts of its future surveillance and ...
The Air Force plans to retire half its AWACS fleet of E-3 Sentries and most E-8C JSTARS in fiscal 2023 and 2024, but it anticipates a delay between the retirements and new space-based ISR capabilities that could replace them, Air Force leaders said as the ...
It’s time for military tech to catch up with military needs. The call was for a new intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capability.
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall warned of putting too much emphasis on hypersonics just because China is advancing in that area, saying hypersonic missiles are better suited to China's strategy and that USAF has yet to determine the right munitions mix for the future. He ...
