U.S. Air Force wind tunnels put aircraft, propulsion systems, and space craft through their paces. Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) is the most advanced and largest complex of flight simulation test facilities in the world. The center operates 58 aerodynamic and propulsion wind tunnels...
Since inception, the Air Force munitions Afloat Prepositioned Fleet (APF) has been, and will remain a key pillar of the Department of Defense (DoD) Global Force Management and prepositioning. The Global Force Management construct supplements prepositioned theater munitions with war reserve materiel ...
The Air Force will begin development of a new battle management system to protect air bases from airborne threats should the request in the fiscal year 2023 budget pass, according to recently released justification books. The Airbase Air Defense Systems’ Battle Management Command and Control, or ...
Compounding the problem of low numbers is a tendency to spread new aircraft over the entire force, creating headaches in pilot training, parts supply, and maintenance and repair. Regiments have to plan for retraining pilots when they don’t know when they will actually get new planes. Meanwhile...
With the growing number of platform types deployed (allied naval formations, unmanned surface vessels, unmanned air systems, etc.), the broad array of communication systems available and the multitude of threats (missiles, torpedoes, drones, etc.), naval force coordina... ...
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November 8, 2022 The Nov. 4, 2022 Air Force manual "provides Air Force aircraft armament systems management and loading standardization and evaluation program policies to be applied at the tactical, operational and strategic levels, in peacetime and wartime." ...
System Name: United States Air Force (157) Location: Various, CA CO FL GA LA MA MO MT NE NH NM ND OH OK SD TX WY County: 34 Counties System Type: Project 25 Phase I System Voice: APCO-25 Common Air Interface Exclusive System ID: Sysid: 157 WACN: BEE00 Last Updated: ...
July 8, 2022 In a July 8, 2022 request for information, the Air Force Research Laboratory seeks "to gather information on the domestic production capability and capacity of the supplier-base for air-breathing engines for hypersonic weapon systems." ...
Drones covers all UAV’s including 6th Gen teaming systems[1]. Suicide drones are technically munitions hence some are called “loitering munitions” to distinguish them from more traditional MLRS and hellfire type systems. It all gets quite complex, some of the systems I do research on although...