The Air Force’s information warfare organization, 16th Air Force, has been working over the last year to ramp up its sensor and AI capabilities.
The military grounded Ospreys after a fatal crash in November 2023, and Air Force Special Operations Command is gradually returning them to the air.
Under the service's DEF 129 program numerous platforms are due to be replaced or upgraded.
Sean Moriarty, CEO of PrimerAI, said the Defense Department is lagging in its adoption of important technology.
The Pentagon is withholding $5 million per jet from its payments to Lockheed Martin until the new F-35s can fly in combat.
More Stories Sean Moriarty, CEO of PrimerAI, said the Defense Department is lagging in its adoption of important technology. The Pentagon is withholding $5 million per jet from its payments to Lockheed Martin until the new F-35s can fly in combat. The next-generation upgrade gives the French-Italian system an intercept range of more than 150 kilometers, or 93 miles. The Air Force plans to add about 377 more recruiters to help it meet next year's ambitious goal. Amid global demand, Kongsberg will build a new facility to produce Naval Strike Missiles and Joint Strike Missiles in Virginia. Awareness of the space domain and the means to protect and fight against threats are top needs for service, according to the chief of space operations. Rome will also invest half a billion euros in 2024 on development of the Global Combat Air Programme sixth-generation fighter. “My own experience suggests that this is a historically neglected area that can have an oversized impact." The nanosatellite won’t be weaponized, though it may include a “dazzling” capacity, according to the general in charge. The fleet will eventually comprise five aircraft, decided in a $1 billion deal that goes back to 2020. "You can take it apart like Lego blocks," chief strategy officer Chris Brose said of Barracuda's modular subsystem design. Early adopters of the Air Force's AI system come from a range of career fields and have used it for a variety of tasks — from content creation to coding. The Air Force is bringing operators into the acquisition process earlier under the operational imperative effort, Andrew Hunter said. The point-to-point nature of lasers makes them more secure than radio frequencies, and they can’t be jammed the way radio can. Load More