At its core, the Air Force Zero Trust is the military’s response to high-profile cyber attacks. Recognizing the need to bolster cybersecurity defenses, the U.S. Air Force has initiated efforts to implement the zero-trust security framework.   Let’s take a closer look at this security model, focusing on its principles, benefits, and effects on the […] More

KBR has received a 10-year subcontract from Bering Straits Information Technologies to deliver human performance optimization services for the U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command. Under the subcontract, KBR said Monday it will enhance the physical and cognitive performance, reduce occupational injury rates, expedite return-to-duty procedures and ensure the combat readiness of military personnel globally.

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The U.S. Air Force has conducted a static fire test of the stage-3 solid rocket motor of the ground-based intercontinental ballistic missile system being developed by Northrop Grumman as a replacement for the Minuteman III ICBM. The test was conducted at the Arnold Engineering and Development Complex at Arnold Air Force Base in Tennessee and validated the design and performance of the LGM-35A Sentinel's propulsion system, the Air Force Materiel Command said Saturday.

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The U.S. Air Force has released a draft solicitation for a potential 10-year, $12.5 billion contract for support services to modernize, operate and maintain network infrastructure across all Department of the Air Force bases worldwide. The service branch intends to establish a pool of qualified sources to support the multiple-award Base Infrastructure Modernization indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, according to a presolicitation notice published Thursday.

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ManTech has secured a five-year, $44 million recompete contract from the U.S. Air Force to deliver software development services for the Secretary of the Air Force’s Office of Studies and Analysis. The Herndon, Virginia-based company said Monday it will be responsible for software modification and maintenance, configuration management and analytical support for operating modeling and simulation tools.

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The U.S. Air Force awarded Boeing's defense, space and security division a contract modification involving the purchase of its 12th communication space vehicle under the Wideband Global Satellite Communication constellation. The changes bring the project's total value to $3 billion, with $439 million obligated to Boeing at the time of the award, the Department of Defense announced Friday.

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Viasat has secured a four-year contract from Northrop Grumman to provide a company-built satellite system in support of a U.S. Air Force initiative that seeks to connect commercial space internet services for military users. As part of the deal, Viasat said Thursday it will supply its ViaSat-3 Satellite Communications Network to facilitate high-bandwidth satellite internet connectivity on existing aircraft or ground vehicles for the Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet Call 003 program.

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General Dynamics' mission systems business has received a firm-fixed-price other transaction authority contract from the U.S. Air Force for the prototyping of search and rescue radios. The company said Tuesday it will deliver 50 prototype radios within a two-year timeframe in support of the service branch’s Next Generation Survivor Radio program.

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Supply chain and third party risk artificial intelligence company Exiger has appointed Cameron Holt, a retired U.S. Air Force major general, as president of its government solutions business. Holt brings to his new role over three decades of service in the U.S. military, where he most recently held the position of deputy assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisition.

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David Krumm, a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant general with over three decades of executive leadership experience, has joined the board of directors of robotics and autonomous company Auterion Government Solutions. AGS President Errol Farr said Tuesday, “Krumm's decades of military service in the U.S. Air Force brings an extensive level of expertise and experience to our board that will be invaluable as we execute our growth strategy.”

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BAE Systems will equip the last four of the Air Force's 10 EA-37B aircraft with advanced electromagnetic warfare mission systems to boost their defenses against jamming attacks. The company said Tuesday the modernized EA-37B planes will replace the Air Force's fleet of 14 EC-130H aircraft that also carries the Compass Call electromagnetic warfare jamming platform.

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The U.S. Air Force intends to integrate the Large Aperture variant of Northrop Grumman's LITENING targeting pod onto its inventory of aircraft. Northrop said Tuesday that LITENING is an electro-optical/infrared targeting pod that works to detect, acquire, identify and track targets at extended ranges and that the LA variant offers new video and IR sensors and software that enable faster video processing and imaging at greater distances.

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