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| As Air Force Signals Hypersonic Doubts, Key Senators Want To Go Faster "I'm not satisfied with the pace," Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said. "We're making some progress on the technology; I would like to see it be better."
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| In Artificial Intelligence, 'We Need To Be More Precise': Lt. Gen. O'Brien Not giving airmen the tech they need is "like having an excellent sniper and handing him a knife that hasn't been sharpened in a while," Air Force Chief Information Officer Lauren Barrett Knausenberger said.
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| Schumpeter's Gale: The US Air Force, China And Innovation "The notion is, you have an embarrassment of riches, and you're falling behind on speed and magnitude. This is what is sometimes called Schumpeter's Gale. The notion is, it's not about the competition — it's about you," said Jeffrey DeGraff, of the University of Michigan.
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| GBSD: First Missile Test Flight 2023, Initial Production 2026 "We've entered into the next big phase, what we call 'CDR season,'" Greg Manuel, vice president and general manager of Northrop Grumman's Strategic Deterrent Systems division, told Breaking Defense.
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| Blowin' In The Wind: A New X-Plane Program To Revolutionize Aircraft Maneuverability [Sponsored] BAE Systems' role in DARPA's CRANE program builds upon its demonstrator aircraft that was the first in aviation history to maneuver in flight using only active flow control technologies.
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| Are Changes Coming To US Air Force Basing In Europe? Last time around the US announced a big change without consulting allies. This time a top Air Force official doesn't foresee "huge movement," but promised a heads up.
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| Air Force Expects To Award B-52 Engine Contract This Month A contract for one of three companies is "imminent," per top Air Force officials.
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| Russia, PRC Intercept US Aircraft 'Multiple Times A Day' In Pacific: PacAF The head of Pacific Air Force said he had no objections to India buying Russia's S-400 system "in the current environment." But — and this is a big but — he said India's action "will perhaps affect a future purchase by India, if they were interested in purchasing other defense equipment from us. But that's out of my lane, and I don't really talk about that, because it's tomorrow stuff."
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| Brown: Air Force Serious About E-7 Wedgetail Acquiring the Wedgetail "gives us a path" while the service awaits a space-based capability, Air Force Chief of Staff CQ Brown said, as "an option to be able to get the capability much faster than if we were to start a new start from scratch."
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| AFRL's Golden Horde 'Gladiator' Drones To Compete Virtually "The win for the research lab, and for our acquirers is that we get to see the cutting edge technologies that are out there," said AFRL Director Maj. Gen. Heather Pringle.
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| Israel Wants To Put New Equipment Inside The F-35: Exclusive Q&A With Top Officer The goal, said Brig. Gen. Nir Barkan, Israeli Air Force Chief of the Air Staff and Vice Commander of the IAF, is to add Israeli-made gear inside the F-35.
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| TacAir Study To Set Ranges For Aircraft Numbers "The TacAir study is coming to a close soon. I haven't had a chance to review it yet. But I'm hoping it will be an input that informs this National Defense Strategy, and the '23 POM and our plans going forward," said Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall.
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| 'If We Don't Change, We're Going To Lose': Air Force Strategy Dep. Chief Hinote "Not in all cases, but in more and more cases, we are at parity with our competitor. I don't think that's okay," Lt. Gen. S. Clinton Hinote said.
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| Air Force ABMS Refocus: Capabilities And Kit, Not Experiments ABMS "has not been adequately focused on achieving and building specific, measurable improvements and operational outcomes," said Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall.
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