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For Air Force weather experts, the cloud is the future – rain or shine
The organization, which provides operational weather tools to the military and intelligence agencies, expects to fully transition to the cloud next year.
Space Force squadron gets new advanced terminal for secure communications
A new Advanced Family of Beyond-Line-of-Sight Terminal was installed for the 4th Space Operations Squadron in June.
By Nathan Strout
Funding for small launch providers still in question after withdrawal of $116M in contracts
The Air Force's top acquisition official explained why contract awards for six small launch companies were recalled earlier this month.
By Valerie Insinna
US to launch four intelligence payloads July 15
Four National Reconnaissance Office satellites are set to be launched into low Earth orbit on a Northrop Grumman Minotaur IV rocket.
By Nathan Strout
NRO and Space Force stick with Rocket Lab despite failed launch
Despite an anomaly that caused the company's most recent launch to fail to reach orbit, both the Pentagon and the intelligence community are moving forward with their scheduled missions with Rocket Lab.
By Nathan Strout
Making the most of the Air Force’s investment in Joint All Domain Command and Control
By focusing first on tactical demonstrations and technical connections, the Air Force plans to build its technical architecture from the bottom-up.
By Morgan Dwyer
Descartes Labs to provide data fusion platform to the Air Force
The company's geospatial analytics platform will ingest and fuse data from multiple sources, including satellite sensors, to provide near-real-time analytics for the U.S. Air Force.
By Nathan Strout
Space Force’s stopgap polar communications system passes another milestone
The ground system that will control the Enhanced Polar System Recapitalization payloads had passed its delta critical design review.
By Nathan Strout
Moving further into the information age with Joint All-Domain Command and Control
The United States’ comparative military advantage has eroded significantly as the technologies that helped sustain its primacy since the Cold War have proliferated to great power and regional competitors.
By Lt. Gen. David Deptula (ret.)
US Air Force ready to test tech for new battle management system
The Air Force is ramping up its efforts to test and field a suite of new hardware and software that will become the military’s command and control backbone.
By Valerie Insinna
Cyber Command will get a new version of its training platform this fall
The Persistent Cyber Training Environment is slated to deliver its second version to the cyber mission force by this fall.
By Mark Pomerleau