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Esper Signals Importance Of All Domain & ABMS At AFA « Breaking Defense
Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley WASHINGTON: In what must have been music to Air Force acquisition chief Will Roper’s ears, Defense Secretary Mark Esper today sang the praises of the service’s Advanced Battle Management Network (ABMS) as critical to future combat operations against Russia and China. “This …
AFRL’s ‘Quantum Collider’ Focuses On Boosting ISR, PNT « Breaking Defense
Image converted using ifftoany WASHINGTON: In a first of a kind event next week, Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) will award up to 36 contracts designed to push research on ground-breaking uses of quantum science out of university labs and eventually into the hands of warfighters. “Quantum information science (QIS) will impact many future Air …
Lockheed WILL Force Down F-35 Flight Costs: Ulmer « Breaking Defense
PARIS AIR SHOW: It’s a mantra: 25 by 25. Lockheed Martin recites it to ward off the criticism that the F-35 is too expensive to operate. What’s it mean? That the costs of operating the F-35 each hour will fall to $25,000 per hour from its current $44,000. The JSF Joint Program Office is targeting $34,000 …
