Weekly Briefing: Air Warfare News and Analysis

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Weekly Briefing Air Warfare

Sensor Trend: UAS Adopting WAMI Systems

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Though common on UAS, narrow-field FMV cameras have trouble finding and following dispersed targets over large areas. That's why platform providers are adopting wide-area motion imagery sensors for a variety of mission sets.  Learn more.

AFRL Moves To Equip Cargo Planes With Bombs In a Box WASHINGTON: With its latest contract to Lockheed Martin, the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has taken another step in its effort to rapidly develop a capability to drop bombs and launch cruise missiles to augment the shrinking fleet of long-range bombers.  The Other Transaction Authority (OTA) contract, announced yesterday and worth $25 million over 18…

Aging Air Force IT 'Biggest Challenge' To JADC2 Progress "Our ability to get out from underneath our infrastructure is probably our biggest challenge," Lt. Gen. Tim Haugh, head of 16th Air Force, says.

Fixing Space Acquisition Air Force's 'Harshest Fight:' AFSec Barrett "I'd like to say that we've got that resolved, but it's not nearly resolved," Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett said of space acquisition.

DARPA AI Builds New Networks On The Fly Military hierarchies are, by necessity, rigid structures. DARPA's 'Mosaic Warfare' project aims for something much more fluid and adaptable, with AI doing the logistical grunt work so human commanders can get creative.

JADC2 'On The Right Track,' Says NORTHCOM's VanHerck "I'm optimistic as a department that we're moving in the right direction," says Gen. Glen VanHerck on JADC2 development.

Data Sharing Hurdles Stymie JADC2: CSAF Brown "We're not trying to fight for each other's money," says Gen. Charles Brown.

Israel To Get Direct Access To SBIRS Sats & More F-35 Capabilities; Esper Visiting TEL AVIV: The United States, pressed by Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz In Washington last week, will grant Israel direct access to highly classified satellites such as the missile detection birds known as SBIRS and ensure Israel gets critical defense platforms in a very short time by using production slots planned for the U.S armed forces.…

Israel-UAE Normalization Takes Big Leaps; Process Remains Fragile As the UAE and Israel make big progress in normalizing relations, analysts warn of actions that include obstructing the sale of the F-35 fighters to the UAE, that could derail the entire Abraham Accords, which might change the region's political landscape

DoD Kicks Off New Hypersonic Program; F-18 To Get Hypersonic Cruise Missile The Pentagon will retain strict security protocols to ensure "we're not training Chinese scientists that are going to go help their programs" said Gillian Bussey, head of the Joint Hypersonic Transition Office

Air Force To Try Space-Based 3D Printing: Roper The US, Russia and China all could be building things in space within 15 years, an IDA study found.

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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