SWAC Director Andrew Cox joked that his office would be “building Pinocchios” if it can’t move its blueprints for change into real-boy programs with funding behind them.
By Theresa HitchensA major overhaul is coming in software for missile warning
Space Systems Command’s FORGE program is the first, major missile-warning software modernization effort in 20 years.
Acquiring the Wedgetail “gives us a path” while the service awaits a space-based capability, Air Force Chief of Staff CQ Brown said, as “an option to be able to get the capability much faster than if we were to start a new start from scratch.”
By Theresa Hitchens
House authorizers threw shade at the service for not heeding long-standing warnings of the potential for a gap in tactical aircraft availability.
By Theresa Hitchens
“The space-based GMTI system will replace a portion of the JSTARS sensing capability” and “will support all combatant commands,” Space Force spokesperson Col. Catie Hague explains.
By Theresa Hitchens
As a member of the House Armed Services Committee and a proponent of the JSTARS radar plane since arriving in Congress, I am alarmed by the undercurrent of discussion within Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) considering delaying the Next Generation JSTARS acquisition program. This is in stark contrast to the support for JSTARS…
By Rep. Austin Scott