As the Air Force’s command and control enterprise starts the process of a massive transformation, the generals leading the charge have no doubt that the service will always need Airmen capable of making critical battle management decisions. The details of how these battle managers will transition ...
With a striking story and four basic guidelines, Air Force command, control, communications, and battle management czar Brig. Gen. Luke C.G. Cropsey laid out the state of play and his priorities for industry during a keynote address the Life Cycle Industry Days conference on Aug. ...
The Air Force wants to add more Airmen for space, sensing, command and control, and logistics, if upcoming military budgets let the service grow, Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Stephen “Seve” Wilson said May 20. Wilson also said plans for a larger bomber force will ...
Two Air Force officials say they and their counterparts in the other services will dig into joint operating concepts for command and control following a Pentagon-wide gathering on the topic in mid-January. "We really looked at structure, processes, and challenges and opportunities, and that's probably ...
The US government needs to take a closer look at what could deter a war with China as the Pentagon shifts its focus to security in the Indo-Pacific region and competition between world powers, defense experts told House lawmakers Jan. 15. Modern deterrence theory is ...
The Air Force’s vision of joint, all-domain command and control will come together in an exercise later this month, where several fifth-generation USAF and Navy fighters will talk to a destroyer as Army systems feed data to a small tent on the Florida panhandle.
The Air Force next month will roll out two initial batches of technology intended to help the F-22 and F-35 “talk,” and to provide a fuller picture of US combat assets in a particular area. Starting in December, the service plans to demonstrate a new ...