This Functional Area Requirement (FAR) describes readiness information requirements for Air Force Major Commands. It discusses the information requirements at three management levels: Air Staff, Major Command, and Wing. The desired characteristics of an operational readiness measurement system are presented...
This isn’t the first move to develop new capabilities to relay commands to Air Force ICBMs. In October 2017, the Air Force awarded contracts to Lockheed Martin and Rockwell Collins to develop the Airborne Launch Control System Replacement, or ALCS-R. At the t...
Orwin also commands the 618th Aerospace Operations Center at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois and serves as the Director of Strategy, Planning, and Policy at the headquarters of the United States European Command in Wacingen, Stuttgart, Germany. He graduated from the United States in 1986air ...
[02:09.08]They gave the system a set of "if/then" commands [02:13.40]because the computer could detect [02:15.96]incoming missiles faster than humans. [02:20.04]The system could not learn, [02:22.52]it could only c...
The nine major commands of the Air Force are the Air Combat Command, which is responsible for all combat aircraft based in the continental United States; Air Force Materiel Command; Air Force Reserve Command; Air Education and Training Command; Air Force Space Command; AirMobilityCommand; Air Fo...
CCAs flying with the manned fighter jet can seamlessly receive and execute commands from the pilot. They are expected to carry advanced sensors, electronic warfare packages or additional munition to augment the fighter jet and perform different roles, including as a shooter, jammer or a sensor. ...
The Patriot missile is equipped with a track-via-missile (TVM) guidance system. Midcourse correction commands are transmitted to the guidance system from the mobile engagement control centre. The target acquisition system in the missile acquires the target in the terminal phase of flight and transmit...
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“global” commands for strategic nuclear weapons, cyber dominance, and even the dominance of space. It seemed that the only way America could be “safe” was by dominating everything everywhere all at once. That insane ambition, that vainglory, was truly what made the U.S. the “...
“Military commands are like a football team, you constantly have to practice,” added Schuster. Appearing before the House Armed Services Committee as part of an investigation into the series of fatal crashes and collisions at sea, the Navy’s No. 2 officer, Vice Chief of Naval Operations Ad...