Weekly Briefing: Air Warfare News and Analysis

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Weekly Briefing Air Warfare

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FAA, DoD To Harmonize Safety Rules For Commercial Space Launch "This historic, comprehensive update to commercial space launch and reentry licensing requirements facilitates greater growth in this industry and helps America to maintain our #1 position in the world," DoT Secretary Elaine Chao says.

Army Dissects Black Hawk Helo, Scans Parts For 3D Printing Before you can 3D print a part, you need a detailed 3D model of it. So Army Material Command is figuring out how to scan tens of thousands of parts. One method: pull apart an entire helicopter.

New Counter Drone Strategy Hits Esper's Desk A parallel joint requirements document will be briefed to industry Oct. 30, Maj. Gen. Sean Gainey, head of the Joint Counter Small Unmanned Aerial Systems office, says.

Army Aims To Field TITAN Terminals For All-Domain Ops In 2024 The Army and Air Force are still "defining the relationship" between TITAN and the Air Force's Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS), an Army spokesperson says.

Army Seeks Open Architecture For All Air & Ground Systems: Jette Starting with a summit this December, the Army's acquisition chief wants to harmonize technical standards across ground vehicles, aircraft, and other systems so they can easily use common components in their design – potentially saving millions – and share tactical data in battle – potentially saving lives.

Army 'Leading The Way' In Commercial SATCOM Buys Major SATCOM providers — such as Hughes (a subsidiary of SATCOM giant Echostar), Viasat, Intelsat, Inmarsat, SES and Eutelsat — argue that this would not only ease problems with service gaps that have long plagued troops in the field, but also be cheaper and allow speedier integration of new technology.

Army Asks Hill For New Mid-Range Missile $$$ ASAP: Thurgood The modestly named "Mid-Range Capability" will hit targets more than one thousand miles away, Lt. Gen. Neil Thurgood tells me. But the brand-new program needs reprogramming authority from Congress to catch up to other Army missiles already in flight tests.

SMDC Pushes For New PNT, Tracking Sat Payloads This is part of a larger Army effort, launched in November by Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy, to map out the service's future space endeavors.

Low, Fast, Networked & Lethal: Future Army Airpower Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville and other top Army pilots say these new technologies, tactics, & training will keep aircraft alive against high-tech foes like Russia and China.

Army, Air Force Get Serious On JADC2: Joint Exercises In 2021 "Gen. Brown" – the Air Force Chief of Staff – "and I are both committed to making this happen," Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville tells Breaking Defense. "It starts at the top."

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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