MilitaryUS Air Force Test Center Looks for Visual Display Systems for F-35A JSE The U.S. Air Force Test Center (AFTC) under Air Force Materiel Command wants industry input on Visual Display Systems (VDSs) for the Air Force Joint Simulation Environment (JSE) for the service’s F-35A…
AI & AutonomyAutonomous, AI-Enabled Tracking of Mobile Targets Demonstrated, as DoD Commits to Ethical AI Principles The Pentagon recently demonstrated autonomous, artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled tracking of mobile targets–an effort simultaneous with other such AI drone projects and DoD’s development of principles for ethical AI use, a top official…
MilitaryLeonardo to Deliver Subsystems for F-35 Training, as USAF Looks to Cybersecurity Upgrade for Older Jets Leonardo DRS said on June 24 that it has received a subcontract from Cubic Corp. to deliver more than 150 internal subsystems (IS) of the P5 Combat Training System (P5CTS) for…
Editor's NoteUS European Command/NATO May Have 450 F-35s by 2030 The U.S. European Command (EUCOM) and NATO may have 450 Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fifth-generation fighters by 2030, and European countries and the United States are opening lines of communication on…
Business & GAIn-Flight Connectivity Demand For Business Jets Remain High During Pandemic Demand for in-flight connectivity (IFC) on business jets remained high during the COVID-19 pandemic and may even have heightened, as the business aviation community looks for a resurgence to pre-pandemic
Embedded AvionicsDigital Twins To Be New Hallmark for US Air Force Weapons Systems Digital twins look to be a new hallmark of U.S. Air Force weapons systems to improve their design, performance, and sustainment. NASA pioneered the use of twins in the 1960s during the…
Artificial IntelligenceSixth Flight Test of XQ-58A Valkyrie Features First Weapons Bay Release The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) on March 26 conducted the sixth flight test of the Kratos XQ-58A Valkyrie drone at Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz.–a demonstration that featured the launching of an Area-I ALTIUS-600…
MilitaryDigital Engineering Efforts for Munitions Yield Lessons Learned for Possible Fielding Last fall, former U.S. Air Force acquisitions chief Will Roper held out the possibility that the service would soon announce an e-series, digitally engineered weapon to follow the Air Force designation of…