Weekly Briefing: Air Warfare News and Analysis

The latest Air Warfare news and analysis from Breaking Defense

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Weekly Briefing Air Warfare

2019 Space Economy Solid; Pandemic A Double-Edged Sword SIA is hopeful that the COVID-19 pandemic will have only limited effects on the satellite industry, since it has been "generally deemed essential by governments."

Air Force Boosts High-Speed Contract Pool For ABMS "Agile operations require agile technology. Agile technology requires agile acquisition. Agile acquisition requires agile contracting," says Air Force Chief Architect Preston Dunlap.

AFMC Tests New Software To Speed F-16 Upgrades "I've been a huge proponent for colorless money," says AFMC head Gen. Arnold Bunch.

Upgradeable Birds: AF Taps Hypergiant For 'Reconfigurable' Satellites By deploying smallsats in LEO, operators and users can continually test, demonstrate, and create new procedures for offensive and defensive counter space while inserting new and emerging technology into mission architectures," Hypergiant CEO Ben Lamm says.

Air Force Eyes European ABMS Demo In Spring Gen. Jeffrey Harrigian, head of Air Forces Europe, said allies must be included in JADC2 development: "You can't just bring them in in execution and go: 'Hey we built the plan, so, sorry, just do what we told you."

New Iranian Missile Could Strike Central Europe: Analysis On the 22nd of April, Iran surprised the world by successfully launching the Noor satellite, using a previously unknown Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV) which they call Qased. The US Space Force confirmed that Noor reached orbit, together with a second object, assessed as the spent upper stage. A detailed analysis of the Qased, based on…

Pentagon Plans 'Plug & Play' Drone-Killing Tech The military will consolidate from dozens of different, often-incompatible counter-drone defenses to just seven — with a single common standard for command & control.

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