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Canada’s CAE Expands US Presence; Buys $1B L3Harris Training « Breaking Defense
Raytheon’s T-6 trainer is used by the Air Force and Navy for basic pilot training. WASHINGTON: CAE’s acquisition of L3Harris’s Military Training unit continues the Canadian firm’s efforts to expand and broaden its US defense portfolio, especially with the Air Force, say company officials and industry analysts. “CAE will be a very good parent, hungry …
U.S. Air Force Selects Mocana to Develop Solutions for Protecting Military Technology from Cyberattack
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Aug. 18, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Mocana, a developer of cybersecurity solutions for IoT and operational technology in critical infrastructure, has been awarded an Air Force Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract to provide advanced cyber protection for military systems. The $1.5 million contract is designed to establish end-to-end digital supply …
JADC2: Black Sea Exercise Tests Joint Command Concepts « Breaking Defense
An F-16 fighter launches a JASSM (Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile) WASHINGTON: An Air Force-led international exercise yesterday in the Black Sea will feed lessons learned into the Pentagon’s top-priority push to create a new kind of command and control for future wars. “This will support our Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2) concept of …
Lawmakers Blast Lockheed, DoD Over F-35 Parts Problems « Breaking Defense
Lockheed Martin F-35 production line WASHINGTON: In a stormy two-hour hearing, members of the House Oversight Committee lambasted Lockheed Martin and Pentagon officials for putting pilots at risk of accidents by failing to fix the F-35’s troubled maintenance system. “Fix this now, before you have blood on your hands,” said Rep. Rashida Talib. Criticism and …
Firms Rev Up For B-52 Re-Engine Battle « Breaking Defense
B-52 Stratofortress WASHINGTON: The race for the Air Force’s program to replace the aging engines on the B-52 bomber kicks into high gear on today, with the closing of the window for the three contestants to submit formal proposals. The much-upgraded, 68-year-old Stratofortress remains the mainstay of the much-diminished US bomber fleet, making its continued …
CQ Brown Brings Pacific Focus; Keen Interest In Joint Ops « Breaking Defense
Gen. Charles Brown WASHINGTON: Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Brown’s Pacific theater experience will be critical to the service and to OSD as the Pentagon shifts its focus from Russia to China as the peer adversary of the future, observers say. “It sends a message that the threat is China,” one insider said, …
Air Force Slates $950M For ABMS Tech; 28 Vendors « Breaking Defense
Advanced Battle Management System Overview WASHINGTON: The Air Force has slated $950 million to rapidly acquire technology from 28 firms, some behemoth defense contractors and others are Silicon Valley startups, over the next five years to support its ambitious Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) for future joint all-domain operations. The funds have been lumped together …
Lockheed Martin, Air Force Press Ahead On Air-Launched Hypersonic Missile « Breaking Defense
A B-52 bomber carrying the ARRW. AFA 2020: Lockheed Martin’s air-launched hypersonic missile will complete its critical design review (CDR) today, as the company and the Air Force press ahead on development, John Varley, vice president for hypersonic weapons at Lockheed Martin, says. The company’s first contract for the Air Force’s AGM-183 Air-Launched Rapid Response …
A VETERAN’S STORY: Breaking down barriers | Newton
Editor’s note: Pete Mecca is away this week taking care of his responsibilities as commander of the Atlanta World War II Round Table. This feature originally appeared in the Citizen in 2018. Jesse L. Brown was born into poverty. His father worked odd jobs and his mother taught school, but times were tough for his …
A Smart Approach To Retaining Most Of The A-10s « Breaking Defense
Air Force JTACs (Joint Terminal Attack Controllers) wave to an A-10 during training. In American politics people like to talk about third-rail issues, those that kill you when you touch them. For the Air Force, retiring the much-loved and much-misunderstood A-10 Warthog has been a third-rail issue. Army folks, generally not known for their knowledge of aircraft capabilities, …