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

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DARPA's Hypersonic OpFires Aims For Army 1,000-Mile Missile With ground tests this year and a full-up flight test in 2023, OpFires hopes to become the Army's long-term solution for its Mid-Range Capability missile.

CSAF Brown Hedges On 386 Squadron Goal "What I'm really trying to do is maximize my capability," Air Force Chief of Staff Charles Brown says.

Air Force Chief Seeks Navy Chief's Cooperation On JADC2 "[T]here is a difference in how aggressively the Navy is pursuing JADC2 compared to the Army and Air Force," Bryan Clark, Navy expert at the Hudson Institute, says.

LRPF: Army Missiles, Cannon Face Big Tests In '21 Weapons from hypersonics to howitzers have key deadlines to meet next year to keep to the Army's ambitious timeline, Lt. Gen. Neil Thurgood and Brig. Gen. John Rafferty tell Breaking Defense.

Microsoft Boosts Space Services, Partnerships SpaceX CEO Gwynne Shotwell said SpaceX would, "where it makes sense," help Microsoft Azure Space sell its data services to current and future customers.

'Advanced Manufacturing Olympics' To Shape New Air Force Strategy "Advanced manufacturing, scaled across the entire Air Force and Space Force, will transform sustainment," Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett says.

Pathfinder: The MQ-9 You Don't Know [Sponsored] Take another look. The world's workhorse unmanned aerial system (UAS) is adding a host of upgrades designed to win the fight now and bring the future faster.

Space Ops Command Seeks Industry Aid To 'Scale Up' Innovation "I think that the hardest part for the Space Force is the challenge of security, and how would we work with small business in enable technologies that you guys have," Maj. Gen. DeAnna Burt says.

JADC2 Needs Pentagon To Overhaul Data Management Policies "There are going to be some vulnerabilities in there. We just have to recognize them immediately, and then be able to sort it out and mitigate it rapidly," Space Force Lt. Gen. Saltzman says.

FVL: Army's High-Speed Helicopters Hurtle Ahead Bell and Sikorsky have started building their competing prototypes for the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) ahead of a Final Design Review in November. The vital digital architecture is still in development.

The B-52 Is Aiming For Its Seventh Decade Of Service; The USAF Has New Engine Requirements To Make It Possible [Sponsored]

In this Viewpoint from Rolls-Royce North America, Craig McVay, senior vice president of strategic campaigns and retired Marine Corps fixed-wing aviator, discusses how the company is bringing advanced technology and support to the USAF B-52 re-engining program.

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