WASHINGTON — The Pentagon plans to throw the weight of senior leadership behind the next step in its Replicator initiative: developing “acceleration pathways” for specific systems that meet operational criteria recently identified by the DoD’s number two official, a department spokesperson told Breaking Defense. “Now that we have selected capabilities, we will develop acceleration pathways for...
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To lay the groundwork for the U.S. Air Force’s Combat Collaborative Aircraft (CCA) program , which will explore tactical human-machine teaming concepts, the service will be giving select F-16 Viper fighter jets the ability to fly themselves. Dubbed Project Viper Experimentation and Next-Gen Operations Mode (VENOM), the initiative will outfit six F-16s from Eglin Air Force Base in Florida with...
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WASHINGTON — The Air Force is kicking off the solicitation process for a Next Generation Reentry Vehicle (NGRV) that will be mounted on the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile , according to a request for information posted by the service Wednesday. Most details about the RFI are classified, though the notice and Air Force budget documents [ PDF ] broadly establish goals of increased...
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Space Force officials said they are refining their understanding of what it means to quickly react to threats that impact operational satellites as the service prepares for its second Tactically Responsive Space mission this summer, dubbed Victus Nox. The service last September issued contracts for Victus Nox to Boeing subsidiary Millennium Space Systems to build a satellite and...
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On behalf of the Department of the Air Force, as one laboratory supporting two services, the Air Force Research Laboratory has developed the Air and Space Forces Science & Technology Front Door, to connect potential partners with S&T experts and opportunities. The Department recognizes that innovative ideas often come from small businesses, industry, academia, or even a project in your neighbor's...
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