Base Operations’ platform is custom-designed to help officials better assess real-time risks — like small drones — anywhere forces deploy.| DefenseScoop
U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bombers dropped a total of 14 GBU-57 “massive ordnance penetrator” bombs on Iranian nuclear sites during Operation Midnight Hammer, according to senior officials.| DefenseScoop
President Donald Trump nominated Space Force Lt. Gen. Shawn Bratton to serve as the next vice chief of space operations and Gen. Thomas Bussiere to be the next Air Force vice chief of staff.| DefenseScoop
The Trump Administration is prioritizing major investments in fiscal 2026 for the Air Force’s next-generation fighter jet known as the F-47, while simultaneously deciding to put the Navy’s future tactical aircraft program on the back burner — for now.| DefenseScoop
The Air Force Research Lab issued a solicitation for its Sensing Operation Using Prediction (SOUP) program.| DefenseScoop
The Air Force issued a call for concept papers for cyber, electromagnetic and sensor capability development to support ABMS.| DefenseScoop
Delays in finalizing design for the Air Force’s Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile (HACM) have put the program’s test campaign behind schedule.| DefenseScoop
The Defense Department plans to allocate more than $4 billion in fiscal 2026 to fund development of the Air Force’s F-47 fighter jet and Collaborative Combat Aircraft, senior Pentagon officials told lawmakers Tuesday.| DefenseScoop
The Air Force is conducting market research to inform its pursuit of new radios, antennas and datalinks for small unmanned aerial systems.| DefenseScoop
The Department of Defense is taking action to elevate and further incorporate information operations and information warfare into its strategy and planning. However, some experts say more work needs to be done. Over the past couple of decades, the DOD divested much of its capabilities and tactics in this realm, ceding the ground to others […]| DefenseScoop
The Department of the Air Force is introducing a new platform for users to test a generative AI chatbot on unclassified networks.| DefenseScoop
The Air Force may separate some ISR entities from its cyber command as part of sweeping organizational changes to the entire force.| DefenseScoop
Nearly two months after Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall announced sweeping organizational changes, details are still unclear regarding one such initiative involving elevating AFCYBER.| DefenseScoop
16th Air Force is working across multiple levels of the service to improve synchronization of information capabilities.| DefenseScoop
An artificial intelligence venture led by the Department of the Air Force and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is opening its doors to Marine Corps participation.| DefenseScoop
The Air Force will be creating a separate A2 for intelligence and A6 focused on cyber and networks on the Air Staff.| DefenseScoop
Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall has unveiled his plans to reorganize parts of the Department of the Air Force in order to boost overall readiness and ensure the Air and Space Forces have the right capabilities to combat U.S. adversaries.| DefenseScoop
The Air Force is moving “as fast as possible” to integrate artificial intelligence and machine learning tools into its efforts to boost readiness levels and prepare for future conflict.| DefenseScoop
