vAWS 2021: Science, Technology & Innovation In Every Domain

April 1, 2021

Watch Air Force Materiel Command boss Gen. Arnold W. Bunch Jr.; Lt. Gen. John F. “JT” Thompson, commander of the Space and Missile Systems Center; Brig. Gen. Heather L. Pringle, commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory; Dr. Joel B. Mozer, USSF chief scientist take part in the “Science, Technology & Innovation In Every Domain” session from AFA’s 2021 virtual Aerospace Warfare Symposium moderated by retired Maj. Gen. Doug Raaberg, AFA executive vice president.

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vAWS 2021

Success With CCA Points Way to Greater Innovation, Board Says

Jan. 15, 2025

The Defense Innovation Board adopted a series of new recommendations and praised the Air Force for its big bets on emerging technology in recent years that seem primed to help new entrants to the defense market bridge the so-called valley of death between initial investment and actual production contracts.

Air Force Tests Subscale Model of Blended-Wing Body Jet, on Track for First Flight in 2027

Jan. 3, 2025

The Air Force is collecting data from flight tests of a subscale version of its Blended-Wing Body demonstrator, and using that data to revise the full-scale aircraft’s control software and final configuration—the first flight of which remains on track for 2027. Full-scale test parts, including wings, are in fabrication.

Pentagon Says Chinese Air Force Nipping at USAF’s Heels, but Not Yet a Match

Dec. 18, 2024

China's air force is advancing quickly, and while it has not yet pulled even with the U.S. Air Force, it's moving in that direction, according to the Pentagon's annual China military power report.

DOD Officials See Progress in Tackling Weapons Cybersecurity but a Long Way to Go

Dec. 13, 2024

The Pentagon’s cyber and IT professionals have made progress raising awareness among senior military leaders about cyber threats to weapons systems and other critical technology, but there are still some who don't take it seriously enough, DOD Chief Information Security Officer David McKeown told an audience of Air Force contractors…

Replicator ‘on Track’ to Field Thousands of Cheap Drones Within Months

Dec. 12, 2024

The first iteration of the Pentagon’s Replicator initiative should achieve its goals of providing thousands of cheap, autonomous platforms in all combat domains by July 2025, the deputy director of the Defense Innovation Unit said Dec. 12.

Space Force Is Testing AI to Automate Ops—and Eyeing More

Dec. 12, 2024

The Space Force is flying new command and control software on experimental satellites that can automate some functions for ops crews. The new software, dubbed R2C2 for Rapid and Resilient Command and Control, is leading a wave of new applications for artificial intelligence and automation for space, leaders said at the…

JSE: How Air Force Aims to Get More Pilots into ‘World’s Best F-35 Simulator’

Dec. 9, 2024

The Air Force is scaling up the Joint Simulation Environment to enable large-scale mission training possible for F-35 and other combat pilots at bases all over the country and even overseas.

As Space Gets More Crowded, Space Force Needs New AI Tools to Keep Up: Experts

Dec. 6, 2024

Machine learning AI (AI/ML) is quite different from the generative AI large language models that have captured headlines and public imagination in the last two years, but it is vital to help human analysts sift through and make sense of the huge amount of data coming off of and about the…

Lockheed’s Skunk Works Gets New Boss

Dec. 5, 2024

O.J. Sanchez, a former Air Force F-22 pilot and currently the vice president and general manager of Lockheed Martin’s Integrated Fighter Group, will take over as head of the company’s Skunk Works advanced products unit in January. He succeeds John Clark, who is taking on a new position as the…

vAWS 2021: Science, Technology & Innovation In Every Domain

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