Oct. 20, 2022 B-21 bomber to be unveiled Dec. 2 The Air Force confirmed Oct. 20 it plans to reveal the B-21 Raider Dec. 2 during an unveiling ceremony hosted and sponsored by the Northrop Grumman Corporation at its production facilities in Palmdale, California.
Sept. 26, 2022 Air Force announces hypersonic missile contract award The Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile is an air-launched, scramjet-powered hypersonic weapon designed to hold high-value targets at risk in contested environments from standoff distances.
Sept. 20, 2022 B-21 bomber to be unveiled first week in December The Air Force confirmed today it plans to reveal the B-21 Raider in the first week of December during an unveiling ceremony hosted and sponsored by the Northrop Grumman Corporation at its production facilities in Palmdale, California.
Aug. 30, 2022 Joint Battle Labs assess DARPA program, reduce joint-fires execution time The 805th Combat Training Squadron’s Shadow Operations Center-Nellis enables advanced technology assessment in collaboration with the U.S. Army’s Mission Command Battle Lab as part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Air Space Total Awareness for Rapid Tactical Execution, or ASTARTE,
Aug. 29, 2022 ACC Federal Laboratory flies combat apps on F-22 with new open software stack On Aug. 24, members of the Air Combat Command Federal Laboratory, test pilots at Edwards Air Force Base, and software developers from the 309th Software Engineering Group achieved several milestones on an F-22 Raptor in-flight: the first instance of third-party software running on a fifth-generation
Aug. 17, 2022 Air Force experiments to expedite kill chain, improve battle management The 705th Combat Training Squadron recently hosted the second virtual Tactical Operations Center – Light experiment iteration in their Distributed Mission Operations Center, or DMOC, at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico.
Aug. 15, 2022 Air Force battle lab showcases emerging space and cyber technologies The 805th Combat Training Squadron’s Shadow Operations Center-Nellis, or ShOC-N, hosted an advanced technology demonstration for personnel across multiple domains as part of exercise Red Flag 22-3, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.
Aug. 4, 2022 F-15EX missile shots examined to verify combat capability Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center Detachment 6 team members analyze the F-15EX Eagle II missile shots from Jan 25.
Aug. 3, 2022 Air Force units support Navy Valiant Shield exercise U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 505th Command and Control Wing at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, and Beale AFB, California, supported the U.S. Navy’s ninth iteration of exercise Valiant Shield 22 last month.
Aug. 2, 2022 Hurlburt C2 Test & Evaluation Squadron welcomes new commander The 605th Test and Evaluation Squadron welcomes Lt. Col. Leslie “Nilla” Woll as the squadron’s new commander during a change of command ceremony, Hurlburt Field, Florida, July 28.