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The U.S. Air Force is placing a heavy emphasis on command and control, hardening against cyberthreats the service’s enterprise networks that control everything from state-of-the-art fighter jets to weapons systems. Competing priorities of speed, security and cost will drive cyber-based programs. “It’s all about the data,” said Maj. Gen. Dwyer Dennis, USAF, wrapping up the MILCOM 2016 conference in Baltimore.

Maj. Gen. Mark D.

Lt. Gen. John W.

The U.S. Air Force on Tuesday inherited a next-generation telescope capable of detecting and tracking space debris with unprecedented fidelity. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, transferred to the U.S. Air Force Space Command its space surveillance telescope (SST), a revolutionary device designed to track objects in Earth’s orbit.

Brig. Gen. Kenneth T.

Intrepid Solutions and Services Inc., Sterling, Virginia, has been awarded a $45,370,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity con

Lockheed Martin Corp., Syracuse, New York, has been awarded a not-to-exceed $41,651,752 firm-fixed-price, undefinitized contract action to procur

Col. Richard G. Moor Jr., USAF, has been selected to the grade of brigadier general and assigned as commander, 86th Airlift Wing, U.S.

Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co., Littleton, Colorado, has been awarded a $395 million modification (P00386) to exercise an option on previously awar

Maj. Gen. Richard M. Clark, USAF, has been appointed to the rank of lieutenant general and assigned as commander, 3rd Air Force, U.S.