Weekly Briefing: Air Warfare News and Analysis

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Space Force Ponders NSSL Revamp For New Missions "I don't think we're at the position to know both what the demand is, but also where industry is going, what's the viable way to consider other orbits if we were asked to do," says Col. Robert Bongiovi, director of SMC's Space Vehicles Directorate.

Peterson, Redstone Back In Race For SPACECOM HQ Newcomers to the contest are: Kirtland AFB, New Mexico; Offutt AFB, Nebraska; Patrick AFB, Florida; and Port San Antonio, Texas.

Preston Dunlap: 'A Thousand Kill Chains In Your Pocket' In part three of our exclusive video interview, Preston Dunlap chats about the remarkable idea of a CAOC in a tablet and how it can help strengthen and make more flexible the kill chain.

Use Legacy Systems as Tech Playgrounds for Innovation The Pentagon must avoid the ancient Roman tactic of "burning the bridge behind them" by immediately throwing aside older weapons systems in favor of wholesale investments in new technologies and platforms. While force modernization is necessary, the Department of Defense does not have the time, track record, or the funding to rapidly field replacements to…

It's Open Architectures For ALL New Weapons As JROC Sets JADC2 Requirements Joint All-Domain Command and Control "will fundamentally change how we fight as a as a nation, and will change how we organize, train and equip," Air Force director of operational capabilities Maj. Gen. Dawn Dunlop says.

Israel Kills 10 Iranians In Large Air Strike Against Targets In Syria TEL AVIV: Israel launched its largest military strike in years against Syria last night shortly after the International Atomic Energy Agency reported a significant increase in Iran's stockpiles of nuclear material, with levels of enriched uranium now 12 times those agreed in the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). The Israelis used gliding bombs and…

NGAD Strategy Faces Hill Headwinds "The business case is a naïve bet on out-year operating cost savings – that's an act the Hill has seen before, and it never pays off," independent analyst Rebecca Grant says of the Digital Century Series concept.

Dunlap Offers Joint Warfighting Construct Glimpse In part two of our exclusive video interview, Preston Dunlap gives a sneak peek at what the key Joint Warfighting Construct, expected in December, might look like.

Eye On Arctic, Congress Pushes More C-130Js; Including Ski Planes "The C-130 has been the most plus-upped aircraft in history," says Teal Group's Richard Aboulafia.

EXCLUSIVE Navy Makes Major JADC2 Push, Linking Sensors & Shooters Recent exercises like RIMPAC and Valiant Shield have tested some of this new data sharing. "There's a couple of ships on the bottom of the Pacific right now from those exercises that were demonstrating some of those concepts," said Vice Adm. Jeffrey Trussler.

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