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By Garrett Reim2021-06-15T23:32:00+01:00 Five years from now, this might be the highlight of Bridget Lauderdale’s career. Or, it might be the bullet point on her resume that she wants to gloss over. Lauderdale has the privilege – or the burden – of taking over the management of the Lockheed Martin F-35 at a critical point. She was named vice-president and general manager of the programme in April. Source: Lockheed Martin US Air Force wants the F-35A to be the cornerstone of its fleet, but the fighter is plagued with high operating costs and deficiencies Dogged by sustainment costs that ...

The Army worked with Defense Digital Services and HackerOne on the latest bug bounty that found 238 vulnerabilities, 102 being critical gaps.

By Garrett Reim2021-06-03T01:09:00+01:00 Red 6, an augmented reality fighter pilot training startup, has raised a $30 million round of financing. The company received $25 million from Snowpoint Ventures, an existing investor, with the remainder of the funds coming from other existing investors as well as new investors, it says on 1 June. Source: Red 6 Red 6 aims to digitize combat pilot training The startup is developing augmented reality flight training and dogfighting software for use in a purpose-built helmet-mounted headset. The helmet and augmented reality software is designed to allow p...

The Air Force is moving into a “more operational” stage for its “internet of military things,” turning its KC-46 tanker into a data distribution platform.

By   Theresa Hitchens on May 18, 2021 at 3:09 PM F-35 Joint Strike Fighter assembly line WASHINGTON: The US aerospace industrial base cannot meet emerging the Air Force’s or the wider military’s needs for rapid innovation to stay ahead of peer competitors, the Mitchell Institute says.  “What we found was that the structure and business models of today’s aerospace defense industrial base is not configured to invent, develop or deliver the force, the future needs, and certainly not at the pace that a technologically peer adversary will demand,” Heather Penney, senior resident fell...