Weekly Briefing: Air Warfare

The latest Air Warfare news and analysis from Breaking Defense.

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Weekly Briefing Air Warfare

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The Force Of The Future

Presented by BOEING

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.

Israel To Request America's New GBU-72 Bunker Buster Bomb Israeli planners have shared operational lessons from their recent heavy use of the GBU-28 bomb with the US Air Force in order to help develop operational profiles for the GBU-72.

What Is The King Stallion, The Marine Corps' Heavy-Lift Helo? The CH-53K has had a rough two years filled with testing issues and schedule delays, but it executed a real mission in September.

The US Air Force Just Inched Closer To Buying Boeing's E-7A Wedgetail The upcoming sole source contract to Boeing for more data on the Wedgetail suggests that the service may seek to eschew a competition.

China 'Not An Olympian Power': Presumptive China Ambassador 'Confident' In US Top Senate Foreign Relations Republican sounds alarm after "China's test […] of a Fractional Orbital Bombardment system," saying it would "allow the PRC to completely circumvent US early warning capabilities and increase the vulnerability of the continental US to a nuclear attack."

Not Going Solo: Air Force, Kessel Run Sign New Agreement For Speedier Code The agreement will pave the way for closer collaboration between Kessel Run and Air Combat Command, officials said.

The B-21 Raider: Infused With Stealthy Lessons Learned For Maintenance And Support [Sponsored] Low-observable treatments and easier maintenance usually don't go hand-in-hand; all indications are that the B-21 will break that paradigm.

Colonial Pipeline Hack Shows Peril Of Ignoring Military Cyber Vulnerabilities: Kendall The ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline in May underscores the urgency for the Pentagon to safeguard its transportation and logistics enterprise, defense officials said.

Rapid Pulse Laser Weapons Could Be The Pentagon's Future Edge Ultrashort pulse lasers, which fire a trillion watts for one-quadrillionth of a second, are a technology too early for military use today. But that won't always be the case, says Joe Shepherd of Booz Allen Hamilton.

F-15EX: Delivering Today For Tomorrow's Missions

[Sponsored] Boeing's lead in digital engineering has underpinned the F-15EX's success, schedule and low price, and will provide rapid capability growth through open architecture and agile software development.

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