Weekly Briefing: Air Warfare News and Analysis

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Weekly Briefing Air Warfare

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Air Force Woos Congress On Space Acquisition Reform "Given where we are at this point in the administration, it's unlikely that we would see a nominee" for an independent Space Force acquisition head, said Shawn Barnes, Air Force deputy assistant secretary for space acquisition.

Our Allies Need US To Modernize Nuke Triad: Gen. Ray "It's really important that we don't let these issues get swept up in … political transitions between administrations," warned the head of Air Force Global Strike Command.

White House Unveils New Space Policy, But Does It Matter? "I just think it's a little too late for trying to have a stamp on something. It is just trying to say that they did something," said veteran space policy wonk Erin Neal.

General Atomics' New Compact, High-Powered Lasers GA is building a prototype 300-kW missile defense laser for the Pentagon and a 250-kW airborne version with Boeing.

Hypersonics: SDA, Space Force Focus On Laser Links For Kill Chain SDA currently is primarily focused on "beyond-line-of-sight targeting for sensitive targets — so, for ships and mobile missiles," Director Derek Tournear says, as well as for "advanced missile threats."

Air Force To Army, Navy: Pay The Tax For Space, Air Power; Protect Our Bases "I would argue, that's the tax. If you want airpower, if you want space power, then you have to be able to defend," Lt. Gen. Joseph Guastella, Air Force deputy chief of staff for operations, told the Mitchell Institute today.

Skyborg Prototype Demos Set For July 2021 Boeing, General Atomics, and Kratos the winners for first Skyborg prototypes.

Air Force Launches SpaceWERX Innovation Hub "We will begin designing future 'Prime' programs focused on space, autonomy, energy, gaming, supersonics and microelectronics," Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett said.

Air Base Air Defense – Connecting the Domains [Sponsored] Vulnerability to missile threat has led the U.S. Air Force to reassess defensive options for a full-spectrum defense network across its bases in Europe and Africa. We discuss the program in a brief video interview with Parsons' Air Base Air Defense Principal Program Manager Shaun McGrath.

Space Force Should Hire Commercial Tracking Services ASAP: 2021 NDAA Congressional authorizers approved some $10.4 billion in Space Force RTD&E, an almost $85 million bump from the budget request.

Dunlap On Sharing Secret Data & The F-35 WASHINGTON: Welcome to the sixth of our video stories drawn from our almost hour-long interview with Preston Dunlap, Chief Architect of the Air and Space Forces. From that position, Dunlap helps guide the complex and far-reaching work the Air and Space Forces are doing in All Domain Operations, on JADC2,and, most centrally, on the Advanced Battle…

NDAA: Conference Cuts New Army Tech, Pluses Up Old The cutting-edge IVAS targeting goggles took a $230 million hit, while the latest upgrade to the venerable CH-47 Chinook – which the Army doesn't actually want – got a $165 million boost.

NDAA Adds 14 F-35s, OKs $9.1B; Fully Funds B-21 Authorizers want CAPE to assess costs and risks of the "aggressive and uncertain plan" Digital Century Series approach to acquire NGAD aircraft.

Project Avenger: VR, Big Data Sharpen Navy Pilot Training The first class of trainee pilots to use the new technology — and the more individualized instruction it allows — are making rapid progress, Navy officials say.

Pathfinder: The MQ-9 You Don't Know [Sponsored]

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