In this video BAE discusses a new cockpit control system, designed with an eye on next generation fighters that may be flying in 2030.

AFA 2019: Kratos is the first company to fly what the Air Force is calling a loyal wingman aircraft, as Breaking D readers know. US ‘Loyal Wingman’ Takes Flight: AFRL & Kratos XQ-58A Valkyrie In this video, our own Sydney Freedberg interviews Steve Fendley, president of Kratos’ unmanned systems division, about the Valkyrie and its capabilities.… Keep reading →

“But make no mistake…if in fact a war starts or extends into space, everyone loses,” Air Force Chief of Staff David Goldfein told the AFA 2019 conference. “I don’t see any winners.”

“We think clearly it’s time for the Air Force and other governmental entities to engage and direct the right solution. Northrop has chosen not to do that,” Frank McCall, Boeing’s director of strategic deterrence systems, said.

The official decision about the headquarters of SPACECOM isn’t likely until mid- or late October.

The threat of long-range missile launchers in the Russian enclave is driving the Air Force to develop new tactics for multi-domain attack and dispersed defense.

The U.S. has 156 bombers today. But the Air Force is committed to boasting 386 squadrons, up 75 from its total today. “Certainly,” Gen. Timothy Ray said, “that means good growth for the bombers.”

“We’ve been socializing the idea both over at the White House and inside the Department,” Air Force acquisition czar Will Roper said about his push for a new initiative to explore “self-flying cars.”

The Navy is rushing to fix its long-broken ship repair and overhaul pipeline as the service prepares itself for “a generational-level of submarine work.”

A week from today, the first combat unit will get new ENVG-B goggles, which combine binocular night vision with computer-assisted cross-hairs linked wirelessly to the rifle. It’s a test case for the Army’s new high-speed approach to modernization.