Weekly Briefing: Air Warfare News and Analysis

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Weekly Briefing Air Warfare

Game Changer: The Case for Medium Altitude Persistent Air Power

Presented by GEN. FRANK GORENC, USAF (RET.)

As tensions rise, ISR demand will increase exponentially as will the need for kinetic response to threats.  In this Game Changer from Breaking Defense, the former four-star commander of both U.S. Air Forces in Europe and NATO Allied Air Command makes the case for medium-altitude persistent air power in the form of the MQ-9.  View Game Changer here.

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AF Tests F-35, Stealth Fleet For Integrated Electronic Warfare "Many believe that stealth is perishable," says Teal Group's Richard Aboulafia, thus increasing the need for suppression of enemy air defenses. Of course, a key requirement for the F-35 is that it can take out advanced air defenses.

AFRL's First WARTECH Summit To Vet Cutting-Edge Tech "It's gonna hurt a little bit," said new AFRL Commander Brig. Gen. Heather Pringle. "We can't do everything — we don't have the budget to do everything under the sun."

Teheran-Damascus Agreement Prompts Israeli, US Deterrence The Iranian Chief of Staff says the agreement's aim is to strengthen Syria's air defense and to reduce Israeli, Turkish and American freedom of action in Syrian airspace.

Army Starts Construction On Prototype Lasers Contractors are already "bending metal" on components for both 50-kilowatt and 300-kW lasers, Army scientist Craig Robin said.

Troops To Test AFRL's THOR Drone Killer This Fall THOR puts high-powered microwaves to fry drone swarms' electronics in a rugged and deployable package.

Iron Dome Is Coming To US; Can The Army Plug It In? Israel's Rafael will soon ship the first missile defense battery to the US and wants to build a factory here. The really hard part: connecting Iron Dome to US Army command networks.

Israeli Defense Minister Presses For Israeli V-22s Earlier this year, the purchase of 12 tiltrotors was indefinitely postponed for lack of funds. Now the new defense minister – and prospective prime minister – wants to change that.

Live-Fire Tests In August For Army Air & Missile Defense After weeks of COVID delays, combat soldiers are now testing both the IBCS network and the IM-SHORAD vehicle at White Sands. The first live shots against flying targets are just weeks away.

BAE Angles For GPS M-Code Market "These GPS receivers provide secure and resilient position data that can help our PGMs be more precise," explains BAE spokesperson Mark Daly.

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