Air, Space & Cyber Conference航空航天网络会议
Days after orbital weapons were revealed, Gen. Dan Caine ups the scope of the military’s desired reach.
‘It was time’ to admit US has weapons in orbit, Space Force’s new leader says
Russian and Chinese advances led to the revelation, Gen. Douglas Schiess says at AFA.
US military has ‘on-orbit’ space weapons, Air Force Secretary reveals
Experts said the acknowledgment may lead to overt action by China, Russia.
Lockheed’s Skunk Works plans to build four more of its multirole combat drones
The firm’s top secret research arm shared new Vectis images, but few key details.
Top Air and Space Force leaders will gather amid unresolved Iran war, budget uncertainty
The Joint Chiefs chairman, Space Force’s new leader, and the NASA administrator are all scheduled to speak at next week’s Air and Space Force Association conference.
Air Force’s AI ambitions mean simplifying its tangle of networks
Over the next year, battle-networks chief aims to reduce systems to a “rational number.”
China, China, Chi—wait, what? Air Force mulls next steps amid homeland focus
Officials tout applicability of ongoing modernization, but experts and former officials have doubts.
‘We need to be ready to go’: AFSOC preps for potential Caribbean missions
AFSOC held a long-planned exercise on St. Croix just days before the first U.S. strike on an alleged drug boat.
Foreign ties are crucial to US space dominance, officials say
More partnerships, tighter alliances are needed to counter advances by China and others, U.S. space leaders said.
‘A game changer’: Space Force’s leader aims to debut future operating plans this year
The document will predict future threats, so the service can better prepare for them.
The China threat goes beyond the Pacific, intel chiefs say
Air and Space Force intelligence chiefs warn of China’s global influence as military partnerships flourish.
F-47’s first flight expected in 2028
That’s a year earlier than Air Force officials have previously said Boeing's sixth-gen combat aircraft might take wing.
Anduril blames CCA delay on push for ‘semi-autonomous’ first flight
Air Force officials, who expected the milestone over the summer, now anticipate it by mid-October.
Lockheed’s Skunk Works unveils work on a potential CCA competitor
Officials say multipurpose Vectis drone is to fly by 2027, have “Indo-Pacific” range.
Dueling robot wingmen take the stage
Questions of survivability, missions, and sustainment of CCAs still linger.
The Space Force issued thousands of smartwatches to replace PT tests
Here’s how it’s going.
The Air Force wants to expand cloud-based comms, official says
Maj. Gen. Luke Cropsey, the service’s top digital infrastructure buyer, said the plan is to scale use over the next year across tactical and operational systems.
This ‘cloud in a box’ could save Air Force maintainers years of paperwork
The Air Force has been developing a portable data center that can hold maintenance and sustainment docs for every plane the service has—in a container the size of a window air conditioner.
Budget drama could snag Pentagon’s satellite launch award
While source selection will continue, launch mission assignments for 2025 could stall.
Test B-21 flying up to twice a week, Northrop reports
Meanwhile, the Air Force has released its first-ever footage of the bomber in flight.
Air Force’s Ospreys will return to forward-deployment within 'weeks'
The tiltrotor aircraft’s flying operations have been restricted since March.
在轨道武器被曝光几天后，丹·凯恩将军提高了军方希望的打击范围。
美国太空军新任领导人表示，承认美国在轨拥有武器“是时候了”。
美国空军协会的道格拉斯·希斯将军表示，俄罗斯和中国的进展导致了这一发现。
美国空军部长透露，美军拥有“在轨”太空武器
专家表示，这一承认可能会导致中国和俄罗斯采取公开行动。
洛克希德·马丁公司的臭鼬工厂计划再建造四架多用途作战无人机。
该公司最高机密的研究部门公布了新的 Vectis 图像，但很少透露关键细节。
在伊朗战争悬而未决、预算前景不明朗的情况下，空军和太空军高级领导人将齐聚一堂。
参谋长联席会议主席、太空军新任领导人和美国国家航空航天局局长都计划在下周的空军和太空军协会会议上发表讲话。
空军的人工智能雄心意味着要简化其错综复杂的网络。
在接下来的一年里，作战网络负责人计划将系统数量减少到“合理数量”。
中国，中国，中国——等等，什么？空军在关注国土安全之际考虑下一步行动
官员们大力宣传正在进行的现代化改革的适用性，但专家和前官员对此表示怀疑。
“我们必须做好随时出发的准备”：美国空军特种作战司令部为可能开展的加勒比海任务做准备
就在美国首次对一艘疑似贩毒船只发动袭击的几天前，美国特种作战司令部在圣克罗伊岛举行了一次筹划已久的演习。
官员们表示，对外关系对美国太空主导地位至关重要。
美国航天领域领导人表示，需要建立更多伙伴关系、更紧密的联盟来应对中国和其他国家取得的进展。
“颠覆性举措”：太空军领导人计划今年公布未来作战计划
该文件将预测未来的威胁，以便该部门能够更好地应对这些威胁。
情报部门负责人表示，中国的威胁远不止于太平洋地区。
美国空军和太空部队情报主管警告称，随着军事伙伴关系的蓬勃发展，中国的全球影响力日益增强。
F-47的首飞预计将于2028年进行。
这比空军官员此前所说的波音第六代战斗机可能首飞的时间早了一年。
安杜里尔将CCA延误归咎于推动“半自主”首飞。
空军官员原本预计这一里程碑事件将在夏季发生，现在预计将在 10 月中旬发生。
洛克希德·马丁公司的臭鼬工厂公布了其潜在的CCA竞争对手的研发成果
官方称，多用途 Vectis 无人机将于 2027 年首飞，航程覆盖“印度-太平洋”地区。
机器人僚机决斗登场
CCA的生存能力、任务和可持续性问题仍然悬而未决。
太空部队发放了数千块智能手表来取代体能测试。
事情进展如下。
一位官员表示，空军希望扩大基于云的通信。
该军种最高数字基础设施采购负责人卢克·克罗普西少将表示，计划在未来一年内将这项技术推广到战术和作战系统中。
这种“盒装云”可以为空军维护人员节省数年的文书工作。
美国空军一直在开发一种便携式数据中心，该数据中心可以存放空军所有飞机的维护和保障文档——其容器大小与窗式空调相当。
预算纠纷可能导致五角大楼失去卫星发射合同
虽然火箭发射源的选择工作将继续进行，但2025年的发射任务分配可能会停滞不前。
据诺斯罗普公司报道，B-21测试飞行计划每周最多进行两次。
与此同时，美国空军首次发布了该轰炸机飞行中的视频。
空军的鱼鹰运输机将在“几周内”恢复前沿部署。
自三月份以来，倾转旋翼机的飞行作业一直受到限制。