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Drones and the US Air Force
2024-03-18 11:03

Fascinating analysis of the use of drones on a modern battlefield-that is, Ukraine-and the inability of the US Air Force to react to this change. The Air Force is planning to buy 1,763 of the aircraft, which will remain in service through the year 2070.

US Air Force's new cyber, IT skill recruitment plan: Bring back warrant officer ranks
2024-02-14 18:34

Officer pay, limited command duties and writing 'code for your country' Skilled IT professionals considering a career change have a new option, as the US Air Force is reintroducing warrant officer...

US Air Force reveals B-21 Raider stealth bomber that'll fly the unfriendly skies
2022-12-03 02:58

In Palmdale, California on Friday, Northrop Grumman CEO Kathy Warden revealed a US Air Force warplane that had only been shown in artist renderings and is supposed to be seldom seen, the B-21 Raider. "With this aircraft, we're delivering the next generation of stealth technology designed for the US Air Force to meet its most complex missions."

US Air Force announces plan to assassinate molluscs with hypersonic missile
2021-06-22 08:31

The United States Air Force has issued a strangely specific threat to certain mollusc species living in the area of an upcoming weapons test. US military website The Warzone recently spotted that in an environmental report relating to future tests at the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site around Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, the USAF stated that a test of its AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon hypersonic boost-glide vehicle, or ARRW, would lead to four top-shell snails and up to 90 giant clams being killed.

US Air Force Adopts Zero Trust to Secure Flightline Operations
2021-04-27 15:55

As the information infrastructure expands with new technologies and locations, zero trust allows organizations to focus on protecting the data, regardless of where it is sourced or how it is used. Now the U.S. Air Force has adopted zero trust to improve and protect its flightline.

US Air Force deploys robot security dogs to guard base
2020-11-23 12:30

Over the past year the 325th Security Forces Squadron have been trialing the security robots via a so-called "3D Virtual Ops Center," where the hardware hounds patrol the grounds and feed back data to central command. "These robot dogs will be used as a force multiplier for enhanced situational awareness by patrolling areas that aren't desirable for human beings and vehicles," said Major Jordan Criss, 325th Security Forces Squadron commander.

K8s on a plane! US Air Force slaps Googly container tech on yet another war machine to 'run advanced ML algorithms'
2020-10-08 14:05

The US Air Force is deploying Kubernetes containerisation tech aboard some of its spyplanes - as UK-based Britten-Norman teams up to make one of its flagship aircraft semi-autonomous. The USAF has tested Kubernetes aboard a U-2 Dragon Lady spyplane.

US Air Force inks deal with Raytheon on Windows 10 (and other) support for ARSE
2019-11-01 10:08

Two countries separated by a common language The US Air Force (USAF) has declared it is awarding a contract to Raytheon thanks to its pressing need for "full ARSE compatibility", including Windows...

US Air Force probes targeted malware attack, blames... er, the US Navy? What?
2019-05-22 14:59

War crimes trial takes a fresh twist The US Air Force has opened an investigation into a "malware" infection – which it is blaming on lawyers employed by the US Navy who are working on a war crimes case.…

US Air Force and Privoro partners for MDM solution
2019-04-26 18:21

New mobile security prototyping contracting between Privoro and the United States Air Force leverages the SafeCase, intelligent smartphone case.