Weekly Briefing: Air Warfare

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Weekly Briefing Air Warfare

The Force Of The Future

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With fly-by-wire flight controls, hypersonic weapon payload capacity and advanced cockpit systems, Boeing's F-15EX is prepared to face future threats head on.

Milley, Austin Defend A-10, Global Hawk Retirements At SASC "We've got to recognize and begin to shift toward a future operating environment and the changing character of war, and we must shift the capabilities that are going to be relevant, survivable and effective against a tier one adversary sometime in the future. This is a modest decrease in the number of A-10s I think it is an acceptable risk and I support the Air Force's recommendation," Gen. Milley said.

Lockheed Martin To Build Up To 139 F-35s This Year Lockheed Martin and the F-35 Joint Program Office are expected to need a six-month stop-gap contract before inking a deal for sustainment through 2023, company officials say.

Who's Who in Defense: Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., Chief of Staff of the Air Force Confirmed as Air Force Chief of Staff in August 2020, Brown is the senior uniformed Air Force officer responsible for the training, equipping, and organization of nearly 700,000 active-duty, Guard, Reserve, and civilian forces.

The Five Surprises In Pentagon's 2022 Budget Most observers had expected an increase in the Navy's shipbuilding accounts with this budget, especially after the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark Milley, said that, even as an Army general, he would support budget increases for the Navy and Air Force in light of the Chinese threat. But this budget decommissions 12 ships and buys relatively few replacements.

Help The Afghan Air Force To Blunt Taliban Attacks At the NATO Summit in Brussels, the United States should finalize a plan with its allies to ensure the Afghan air force has the maintenance and logistical support it requires to remain combat effective. The United States and our international partners have worked for years to build an Afghan air force capable of providing effective…

Israelis Fare Well In US Army Counter Drone Tests TEL AVIV: Three Israeli companies are finalists in the U.S Army's contest to find the most effective systems to neutralize hostile drones, with only one US company still in the mix. ELTA, teamed with Iron Drone, and XTEND recently demonstrated their systems at Yuma Proving Grounds. The demos are part of the Army's effort to…

A Leap Ahead In Speed, Range, And Endurance [Sponsored] How and why Bell's candidates for the Army's Two Future Vertical Lift programs will help to create overmatch in the Great Power competition.

Drone Refuels Manned Aircraft For First Time: Navy The Navy's MQ-25 Stingray prototype successfully refueled a Navy Super Hornet fighter in mid-air during a Friday test.

AFMC Plans '23 Push For Digital Design "Let me be really clear here, because I'm not giving you a budget number does not mean we are not doing anything," said Gen. Arnold Bunch, Air Force Materiel Command head.

Egypt's Rafale Opens Door To More French, European Deals BEIRUT: Egypt's latest agreement to buy 30 new Rafale jets will open prospects for other arms deals with France, experts tell Breaking Defense. "As part of the same agreement, Egypt will probably acquire additional military equipment including FalconEye observation satellite and A330 multi-role tanker transport (MRTT) aircraft manufactured by Airbus," military researcher and defense analyst…

Space Force Wants Extra $$ To Speed Deep Space Ops The largest of the four categories is called "Develop A Warfighter Punch" and includes $279 million for classified programs.

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.

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