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Wayne Lowe, well-known Warner Robins business owner, dies at 82
Lowe, the own...
USAF’s Rapid Capabilities Office to Oversee ABMS Development, Procurement
Nov. 24, 2020 | By Brian W. Everstine, Air Force Magazine
The Air Force’s Rapid Capabilities Office will oversee future development and procureme...
21st Century Partnership Monthly Update, 28 November 2020
21st Century Partnership Monthly Update Nov 28 (002)...
US Air Force chief’s top modernization priorities aren’t what you think they are
By: Valerie Insinna, Defense News
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force is spending tens of billions of dollars every year to buy new aircraft, including F...
USAF’s Longest-Serving Vice Chief Retires
Nov. 13, 2020 | By Brian W. Everstine, Air Force Magazine
Gen. Stephen W. “Seve” Wilson retired Nov. 13 after 39 years of service, ending his ten...
Senate Appropriators Question ABMS Spending
Nov. 16, 2020 | By Rachel S. Cohen, Air Force Magazine
Two years after the Air Force canceled its plan to buy a new fleet of airborne battle mana...
Department of Air Force Funding Takes Hit in 2021 Spending Bill
By Rachel S. Cohen, Air Force Magazine
Senate appropriators on Nov. 10 released a $696 billion defense funding bill for fiscal 2021 that offers the...
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DOD Continues Push to Bring 5G to Bases
Oct. 9, 2020 | By Rachel S. Cohen Air Force Magazine
Wireless networking initiatives are spreading across the Defense Department as the military ...
Morris Takes Command of Air Force Life Cycle Management Center
Sept. 4, 2020 | By Rachel S. Cohen, Air Force Magazine
Lt. Gen. Shaun Q. Morris took over as head of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center i...
Air Force’s top acquisition command plans for telework beyond COVID-19
Air Force Materiel Command thinking now about post-pandemic telework
By Jared Serbu | @jserbuWFED, Federal Newsweek
Defense leaders far and wid...
Brown: ‘Accelerate Change or Lose’
Aug. 30, 2020 | By Jennifer Hlad, Air Force Magazine
The Air Force has a window of opportunity to change and it must do so quickly, becau...
21st Century Partnership Monthly Update 29 August 2020
Thank you… from the bottom of my heart!
By: Chrissy Miner, President/CEO
In a few short days, I will depart my role as the CEO of my beloved 21s...
Roper: ABMS Experiment to Highlight Complexity of Future Warfare
Aug. 25, 2020 | By John A. Tirpak, Air Force Magazine
The next Advanced Battle Management System experiment is meant to demonstrate the extreme c...
More Ambitious ABMS Demo Uses 5G: Roper
By THERESA HITCHENS, Breaking Defense on August 25, 2020 at 5:56 PM
"ABMS is about taking the concept of the OODA Loop and transcending it from s...
21st Century Partnership announces new leadership
WARNER ROBINS, Ga. – The 21st Century Partnership Board of Directors is pleased to announce retired Brig. Gen. John Kubinec as their new President and...
Bass Becomes First Woman, Asian American to Serve as CMSAF
Brian W. Everstine, Air Force Magazine
Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass took over as the 19th senior enlisted leader of the s...
Brown Takes Over as Air Force Chief of Staff
By John A. Tirpak, Air Force Magazine
Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. officially took the reins as Chief of Staff of the Air Force in an Aug. 6 ceremony...
Multi-Base Virtual Tech Expo – August 19, 2020
Sharing per request. See attached flyer Virtual Technology Expo
Join us as well as several other installations for a joint, virtual Tech Expo on We...
Air Force Eyes New Industrial Base Model
By Connie Lee, National Defense Magazine
The Air Force wants to shake up the industrial base and is looking to move away from relying on large, t...
F-15EX Could Replace Strike Eagle Fleet, in Addition to Older C/D Models, USAF Says
By John A. Tirpak, Air Force Magazine
A document justifying the Air Force's purchase of potentially $23 billion worth of F-15EX fighters from Boein...
Air Force Eyes New Industrial Base Model
By Connie Lee, National Defense
The Air Force wants to shake up the industrial base and is looking to move away from relying on large, traditio...
Companies Big and Small Gear Up For ABMS Bid
By Rachel S. Cohen, Air Force Magazine
About four dozen companies are gearing up for a technology competition unlike most in the Pentagon as they v...
DoD Needs Supply Chain Strategy To Survive Future Crises: Roper
By THERESA HITCHENS, Breaking Defense
WASHINGTON: Air Force acquisition head Will Roper says DoD needs to develop a new supply chain strategy tha...
Goldfein hopes for ‘gold-star transition’ to next CSAF Brown
Stephen Losey, Air Force Times
With just a few weeks left in uniform, Chief of Staff Gen. Dave Goldfein is preparing to hand the reins to his success...
21st Century Partnership Monthly Update, 25 July 2020
21st Century Partnership Monthly Update Jul 25...
Air Force Boosts High-Speed Contract Pool For ABMS
By THERESA HITCHENSon July 01, 2020, Breaking Defense
WASHINGTON: The Air Force has contracted with 18 more businesses to work on its high-priori...
US Air Force ready to test tech for new battle management system
Valerie Insinna, C4ISRNet
WASHINGTON — The Air Force is ramping up its efforts to test and field a suite of new hardware and software that will becom...
USAFE Advanced Battle Management System Experiment Looks to Improve ISR Targeting
June 29, 2020 | By Brian W. Everstine, Air Force Magazine
U.S. Air Forces in Europe will host its own Advanced Battle Management System experimen...
House Wants to Keep JSTARS Flying for Foreseeable Future
June 22, 2020 | By Rachel S. Cohen, Air Force Magazine
House lawmakers want to ban the Air Force from retiring the E-8C Joint STARS fleet until t...
Roper Pushes Moving Project Maven To Air Force
Roper expects GBSD, B-21 and F-35 to migrate parts of their development to cloudONE as he pushes the Air Force to embrace advanced software practices....
Lawmakers scold Air Force over lack of details on massive battle management effort
C4ISRNet, Valerie Insinna, June 3
A pair of Georgia lawmakers voiced consternation with the Air Force’s Advanced Battle Management System, ...
Air Force issues 28 contracts worth up to nearly $1 billion each for ABMS
CORRECTION: This story has been updated to reflect confirmation from the Air Force that each vendor has received an individual contract worth up to $9...
21st Century Partnership Monthly Update 30 May 2020
21st Century Partnership Monthly Update May 30...
How Pentagon Is Protecting Defense Supply Chains From COVID-19
Apr 27th, 2020, COMMENTARY BY Maiya Clark, Research Assistant, Center for National Defense
KEY TAKEAWAYS
The coronavirus is causing disruption a...
Goldfein predicts stop movement order halting military moves will continue past May 11
Diana Stancy Correll, Air Force Times
The stop movement orders the Pentagon issued last month to suspend PCS and temporary duty moves will likely ...
Military stop move order could go into August, Goldfein says
By Scott Maucione, Federal News Network
The military is likely to extend its stop move order past the original sixty days to avoid the spread of c...
HASC chairman could use next stimulus to help defense industrial base
By: Aaron Mehta, Defense News
WASHINGTON — The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee is keeping a close eye on the health of the defense i...
Pentagon memo advises acquisition officials to use ‘regulatory tools’ to keep industrial base strong
By Marjorie Censer / March 31, 2020 at 1:24 PM
A memo signed yesterday by a top Defense Department acquisition official says DOD agencies and the s...
Agencies can virtually onboard new employees during coronavirus pandemic
By Nicole Ogrysko, Federal News Network, March 24, 2020 3:43 pm
In an effort to continue federal hiring activities but observe social dista...
21st Century Partnership Monthly Update 28 March 2020
21st Century Partnership Monthly Update Mar 28...
Troops, families trapped in limbo as some PCS moves put on hold for two months
Karen Jowers and Meghann Myers, Military Times
In the days following the Army’s decision to suspend travel in and out of the regions more heavily ...
Senator David Perdue Highlights Workforce Needs At Robins Air Force Base
Skilled Civilian Workers Needed For Aircraft Maintenance
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator David Perdue (R-GA) today questioned the Honorable Matthe...
The Air Force Is Looking for a Successor to its MQ-9 Reaper Drone
11 Mar 2020, Military.com | By Oriana Pawlyk
The MQ-9 Reaper has been the U.S. Air Force's hunter-killer drone for more than a decade, but it simpl...
America’s future battle network is key to multidomain defense
By: Gen. David Goldfein and Gen. Jay Raymond, Defense News
When Americans think about military power, they often associate our wars with iconic comma...
21st Century Partnership Monthly Update – February 29, 2020
21st Century Partnership Monthly Update Feb 29...
DOD chiefs try to sell Congress a budget that would ‘divest to invest’
By Tony Bertuca , Inside Defense, February 26, 2020 at 5:20 PM
Pentagon leaders appeared before skeptical lawmakers today to pitch them a budget pl...
War on Autopilot? It Will Be Harder Than the Pentagon Thinks
BY PATRICK TUCKERTECHNOLOGY EDITOR, DefenseOne
Despite defense contractors’ glittering demonstrations, difficult realities are challenging the mili...
Air Force makes reductions to B-1s, A-10s, Global Hawk drones and more in FY21 budget request
By: Valerie Insinna, Defense News 20 hours ago
WASHINGTON — For the past several months, Air Force leaders have hyped the fiscal year 2021 budge...
U.S. Air Force Upgrading C-17, C-130H Avionics as Legacy Supplier Base Falls
By Frank Wolfe | February 4, 2020, Avionics International
ADS-B Out, Air Force Life Cycle Maintenance Center, C-130 Hercules, C-17, satcom, U.S. Air ...
Air Force developing virtual reality C-130 maintenance training program
Diana Stancy Correll, Air Force Times
Staff Sgt. Kenneth Renfrow, a maintenance qualifications training instructor with the 19th Maintenance Group...
Air Force’s top general doesn’t want to get mired in ‘budget paranoia’
By: Valerie Insinna, Defense News
WASHINGTON — As Navy and Army leaders jostle for a bigger piece of the Defense Department budget, the Air Force’s...
Air Force Seeks Innovators At First ABMS Industry Day
"What I hope industry will see in ABMS is a pot of money for connecting things, both new things and legacy things," says Will Roper as the Air Force g...
21st Century Partnership Monthly Update, January 25, 2020
21st Century Partnership Monthly Update Jan 25, 2020...
Air Force using agile approach to connect systems for battle
By Scott Maucione | Federal News Network
January 21, 2020 6:41 pm
The Air Force is taking an agile approach to its newest battle management sy...
Georgia Chamber CEO Chris Clark Gives a Recap of the Eggs & Issues Breakfast (Video)
Middle Georgia CEO, Thursday, January 23rd, 2020
Chris Clark, President and CEO of the Georgia Chamber, talks about the success of the recent Eggs ...
The Air Force tested its Advanced Battle Management System. Here’s what worked, and what didn’t.
By: Valerie Insinna, C4ISRNet 22 hours ago
WASHINGTON — The first field test of the U.S. Air Force’s experimental Advanced Battle Management Sys...
Vital Signs 2020: Defense Sector Straining to Attract STEM Talent
By Yasmin Tadjdeh, National Defense, 1/22/2020
This is part-two of a four-part series based on "Vital Signs: The Declining Health and Readiness of ...
MDO Exclusive: Air Force Targets Primary Role in Joint C2
We offer an exclusive interview with the Air Force's leading civilian and military officer for JADC2 development, Preston Dunlap and Brig. Gen. David ...
Chrissy Miner of 21st Century Partnership, Defense Budget – Video
Wednesday, January 15th, 2020
Chrissy Miner, President and CEO of 21st Century Partnership, talks about current funding issues and explains the opt...
USAF Scientific Advisers Lay Out 2020 Study Plans
Jan. 9, 2020 | By Rachel S. Cohen, Air Force Magazine
The Air Force’s science advisers in 2020 will launch three studies on future communications, ...
Air Force, Navy, Army test Advanced Battle Management System
Jan 03, 2020, By Capt. Cara Bousie and Charles Pope, Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFNS) – In the first fie...
5G powers Air Force ‘smart base of the future’
BY STEPHANIE KANOWITZ, GCN, JAN 08, 2020
As Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida’s panhandle continues to rebuild after taking a direct hit from Hurri...
21st Century Partnership Monthly Update – December 2019
21st Century Partnership Monthly Update Dec 20...
21st Century Partnership Monthly Update – 30 Nov 2019 (reloaded due to website hack)
21st Century Partnership Monthly Update Nov 30 2019...
Defense leaders hope 5G can improve base security
By: Adam Stone, December 4, 2019 C4ISRNet
Emerging 5G networks promise to bring powerful new connectivity to military bases and soldiers in the fi...
US logistics boss talks risks to the supply chain and protective measures
By: Jill Aitoro, Defense News
WASHINGTON — It’s often said that the U.S. Department of Defense is the biggest buyer in the world. But the DoD also ...
Unmanned aircraft could provide low-cost boost for Air Force’s future aircraft inventory, new study says
By: Valerie Insinna, Defense News
WASHINGTON — As the U.S. Air Force looks to increase the size and capability of its aircraft inventory,...
Wireless Tire Pressure Monitoring Fortifies Air Force C-5M Fleet
Jack Browne, Microwaves & RF | Oct 23, 2019
The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) has awarded two contracts to Crane Aerospace & Electronics ...
21st Century Partnership Monthly Update – 26 October 2019
21st Century Partnership Monthly Update Oct 26...
Air Force base facing dilemma of aging workforce
By: The Associated Press, Air Force Times
DAYTON, Ohio — Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio is facing the increasingly common dilemma of an ag...
For Air Force, tech modernization and multi-domain operations are ‘basically the same,’ deputy CIO says
Written by Billy Mitchell, OCT 8, 2019 | FEDSCOOP
To some, the Air Force’s widespread push for digital transformation may appear to be just another...
Air Force paints a digital future where data from satellites play central role
by Sandra Erwin — September 30, 2019, Space News
In a few months the Air Force will start a series of experiments to try to connect fight...
Air Force Wants Custom-Built Online Game Environment to Test Out New Capabilities
OCTOBER 1, 2019, NEXTGOV
The branch will host a three-phase interactive challenge to identify possible solutions.
To better keep up with the rap...
Is this military spouse federal hiring authority working? Feds — and spouses — want to know
By: Karen Jowers, Military Times
How many military spouses are actually getting hired by federal agencies under a special hiring authority that’s b...
Retirees, family members to see increases in dental and vision premiums next year
By: Patricia Kime, Military Times
Military retirees and family members who have dental or vision coverage through the Federal Employees Dental and ...
AMC Wants to Turn C-5Ms into Flying Hospitals
BRIAN EVERSINE, Air Force Magazine
The Air Force is vetting its biggest aircraft as a new option for large-scale aeromedical evacuation.
Air Mo...
Pentagon official in charge of F-35 operating costs and privatized military housing resigns
Jeff Schogol,
September 26, 2019 at 01:22 PM
As the Pentagon waits for Congress to confirm the new Army and Air Force secretaries and the vice ...
Military Times launches job board for veterans
By: Military Times staff
The Military Times has unveiled a new comprehensive job board that aims to connect veterans with thousands of job opportun...
Air Force Pushes 3D Printing To Boost Readiness
By THERESA HITCHENS, Breaking Defense
AFA 2019: It may sound boring, but maintenance of military aircraft is a big deal — and one that the Air Fo...
How to bridge the divide between civilians and the military, first responders
By: Kevin M. Schmiegel and Patrick A. Burke, Military Times
For 18 years our nation has been at war. In the face of conflict and adversity at home ...
The Air Force Is Ready to Scrap Older Aircraft to Prepare for Future Wars
Military.com | By Oriana Pawlyk
The U.S. Air Force no longer wants to kick the can down the road on aging aircraft that may not be suitable for a f...
‘Controversial changes’ are coming in US Air Force’s next budget, its top civilian says
By: Valerie Insinna, Defense News
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force’s top civilian hinted the service will make major cuts to certain legacy programs...
21st Century Partnership Monthly Update 31 August 2019
21st Century Partnership Monthly Update Aug 31...
House Majority Leader: ‘If we do a CR, it’ll be short term’
By Nicole Ogrysko | Federal News Network
August 22, 2019 5:24 pm
With August recess winding down in two weeks, lawmakers are eyeing a long leg...
Most C-130s returned to flying after Air Force completes inspection
By JENNIFER H. SVAN | STARS AND STRIPES Published: August 22, 2019
KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany — The Air Force has completed inspections of more than a...
JUST IN: Air Force Advanced Battle Management System Study to Be Delayed
8/20/2019, By Mandy Mayfield, National Defense
The completion of the Air Force’s analysis of alternatives for an advanced battle management system,...
Plans for a new base closing round may be running out of time: Report
By: Leo Shane III, Military Times
The next few months could decide whether the Defense Department gets another base closing round in the next decad...
Hackers Find Serious Vulnerabilities in an F-15 Fighter Jet System
16 Aug 2019, Military.com | By Oriana Pawlyk
Hackers have successfully infiltrated a data system in an F-15 Eagle fighter jet. But it was with the ...
Air Force Trying to Rally Congressional Support for NGAD
8/7/2019, —JOHN A. TIRPAK, Air Force Magazine
The Air Force needs to convince Congress about the merit of its Next-Generation Air Dominance progra...
21st Century Partnership Monthly Update – July 27, 2019
21st Century Partnership Monthly Update Jul 27...
Senators Isakson, Perdue Introduce Bill to Help Fill Critical Vacancies at Georgia Military Depots
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Johnny Isakson (R-GA) and David Perdue (R-GA) are taking action to eliminate a current six-month waiting period befor...
In test to be top military adviser, Milley emphasizes funding and space
By Scott Maucione, Federal News Network
In a test to be the top military adviser to the president, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley stressed th...
Here’s the No. 1 rule for US Air Force’s new advanced battle management system
By: Valerie Insinna, Defense News
LE BOURGET, France, and WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force has started work on a data architecture for its Advanced ...
Congress returns to budget stalemate
By: Joe Gould, Defense News, 8 July 2019
WASHINGTON ― Lawmakers returning to Washington, D.C., this week are in a race against the clock to reach a...
US Air Force’s acquisition chief talks new B-52 engines and the future of battle management
By: Valerie Insinna, Defense News, 8 July 2019
LE BOURGET, France — Will Roper, the U.S. Air Force’s acquisition executive, wants the service to sh...