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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IBCS Defeats 2 Missiles in Flight – But 100s In Simulation Thursday's near-simultaneous intercept of a cruise missile and a ballistic missile was far from the hardest thing the IBCS battalion has done.

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Commerce Should Take DoD Space Safety Mission: Study "The DoD system is not scalable to meet the demands of a growing number of objects in space and to deal with an increasing number of space operators," the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) report says.

Bibi Said Yes To F-35 Sale To UAE, Eye On Normalized Relations "Bibi used his open line to the White House to give the OK for this deal," an Israeli source told Breaking D. He did not disclose the F-35 OK to anyone, including Benny Ganz, Israel's defense minister and alternative prime minister.

Air & Space Forces Add Cyber To All-Domain Ops Data Library "Data is key to space. It's critical to all-domain operations; it's a centerpiece to it all," says Maj. Gen. Kim Crider.

Skyborg: Bold Example Or Another Joint Mistake? Is the Air Force about to make the same mistakes with Skyborg that it made with the F-22 and F-35? Sure, they created the most capable aircraft in the world, but they neglected to give them the capacity to share their assessment of the air battlespace situation with our other fighters—and sharing data is the…

DARPA's AlphaDogfight Tests AI Pilot's Combat Chops "Before AI can find its place, really, in the cockpit in a formation, it kind of has to earn its wings first," DARPA Deputy Director David Honey says.

Iran Threat Sparks UAE-Israel Deal; US & Israeli F-35s Practice Killing SAMs Israel and the United Arab Emirates have announced an historic diplomatic agreement catalyzed by the growing security threat posed by Iran. The United States, concerned about Tehran's regional and nuclear ambitions, is leading an effort at the UN this week to prevent the Security Council's arms embargo on Iran from expiring on October 18. If…

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