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Balancing Air Technology Needs Today and Tomorrow

The air service's top scientist seeks to hasten the delivery of game-changing systems to warfighters.

The Predator provides near-real-time infrared and color video to intelligence analysts and controllers on the ground and the ship. The U.S. Air Force chief scientist is leading two follow-up Autonomous Horizons studies examining the possibility of advancing autonomous technologies.

Air Force Wants Its Innovation Gap Back

An AFRL directorate strives to field better technology faster than foreign competitors.

The Tactical Boost Glide (TBG) program is a joint DARPA-Air Force effort that aims to develop and demonstrate technologies to enable future air-launched, tactical-range hypersonic boost glide systems.

Growth of Real Threats Shifts Nation's Space Strategy

The Air Force must rely more on forward-thinking commercial partners.

Operators staff the East Coast Satellite Operation Center (ESOC) in Northern Virginia. The ESOC flies the majority of Intelsat’s global satellite fleet, which provides mission critical support for the full range of the company’s government and commercial customers.

Arming Against Chem-Bio Attacks

A unique chemical and biological detection system is set to protect South Korea.

A U.S. Air Force technical sergeant performs breathing techniques during a gas mask fit test to ensure the mask will work properly during emergencies. The JUPITR system is designed to detect pandemics as well as chemical and biological warfare agents against U.S. Forces Korea.

Backing Up GPS

A governance organization seeks to protect, toughen and augment the Global Positioning System.

The final GPS IIR-M satellite was launched in August 2009. A critical GPS governance committee is weighing the possibility of augmenting GPS with an enhanced long-range navigation system, similar to the GPS predecessor first developed during World War II.

Offense and Defense Define Air Force Cyber Work With Industry

Maj. Gen. Burke Edwin Wilson, USAF, commander, 24th Air Force and Air Forces Cyber, offers that the 24th is working with industry "on a plethora of capabilities." At the top of the list are defensive capabilities, particularly counter-reconnaissance for determining the threats that are coming at Air Force cyber.