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DOD chiefs try to sell Congress a budget that would ‘divest to invest’

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter February 27, 2020

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

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter February 13, 2020

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

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter February 11, 2020

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

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter, Robins AFB February 11, 2020

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

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter January 30, 2020

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’

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter January 28, 2020

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

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter January 28, 2020

"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

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Air Force using agile approach to connect systems for battle

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter January 23, 2020

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)

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter January 23, 2020

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.

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter January 23, 2020

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

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter January 23, 2020

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

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter January 21, 2020

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

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Community, Latest News, Legislation, Newsletter January 16, 2020

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

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter January 10, 2020

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

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter January 10, 2020

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’

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter January 10, 2020

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

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21st Century Partnership Monthly Update – 30 Nov 2019 (reloaded due to website hack)

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Defense leaders hope 5G can improve base security

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter December 13, 2019

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

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter October 31, 2019

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

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter October 31, 2019

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

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter October 28, 2019

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

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Air Force base facing dilemma of aging workforce

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter October 15, 2019

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

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter October 10, 2019

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

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter October 10, 2019

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

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter October 3, 2019

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

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter October 3, 2019

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

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter October 3, 2019

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

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter October 1, 2019

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

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter October 1, 2019

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

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Community, Latest News, Newsletter September 20, 2019

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

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter September 20, 2019

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

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter September 10, 2019

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

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter September 5, 2019

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

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter September 5, 2019

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

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House Majority Leader: ‘If we do a CR, it’ll be short term’

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter August 23, 2019

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

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter, Robins AFB August 23, 2019

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

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter, Robins AFB August 22, 2019

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

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC, Latest News, Newsletter August 20, 2019

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

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter August 20, 2019

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

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter August 9, 2019

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

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Senators Isakson, Perdue Introduce Bill to Help Fill Critical Vacancies at Georgia Military Depots

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter, Robins AFB July 18, 2019

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

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter July 12, 2019

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

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter July 11, 2019

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

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Legislation, Newsletter July 9, 2019

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

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter July 9, 2019

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...

21st Century Partnership Monthly Update June 28, 2019

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Online Program is Helping Military Members and Spouses Get Law Degrees

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter June 25, 2019

Military.com | By Richard Sisk, 22 Jun 2019 From Okinawa to Germany and bases in the U.S., military spouses and active-duty troops are attending a ...

Senator David Perdue Offers Bold Solutions To Fix Congress’s Broken Funding Process

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter June 14, 2019

Staff Report From Georgia CEO Friday, June 14th, 2019 U.S. Senator David Perdue (R-GA), a member of the Senate Budget Committee, is proposing ...

C-130Hs to get avionics upgrade in half-billion dollar deal

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter, Robins AFB June 11, 2019

By: Stephen Losey, Air Force Times The Air Force has awarded a $499 million contract to L3 Technologies to modernize avionics for the service’s Gua...

Army turns to smart technology to defend against threats to installations

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Community, Latest News, Newsletter May 31, 2019

By Joe Lacdan, Army.mil May 28, 2019 WASHINGTON -- Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment Alex Beehler doesn't n...

21st Century Partnership Monthly Update – May 25, 2019

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Community, Latest News, Newsletter May 30, 2019

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Here’s what the new head of Air Force Materiel Command is thinking about as he prepares to take its reins

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter May 30, 2019

By: Valerie Insinna, Defense News WASHINGTON — The new head of Air Force Materiel Command wants to listen and learn before cementing his priorities...

A flat budget will prove fatal for military transformation

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter May 30, 2019

By: Rick Berger, Defense News This month, the House Appropriations Committee kicked off the annual process of congressional oversight of the Pentag...

DOD Official Cites Widening Military-Civilian Gap

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter May 17, 2019

US Dept of Defense, MAY 16, 2019 | BY JIM GARAMONE The Defense Department wants to bridge the widening military-civilian gap, the Pentagon's top p...

Air Force No. 2 civilian to take over as acting secretary

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter May 16, 2019

BY ELLEN MITCHELL - 05/15/19 05:33 PM EDT 10, The Hill Air Force Under Secretary Matt Donovan will take over as the service's acting secretary begi...

Proposed Legislation Would Ease Professional Licensing Process for Military Spouses

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter May 14, 2019

Karen Pence speaks to military spouses during a Military OneSource live event at the Family Readiness Group Center on Fort Bragg, N.C., on Nov. 2, 201...

Who Wants to Be the New Air Force Secretary? Perhaps Not Many

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter April 19, 2019

18 Apr 2019 Military.com | By Oriana Pawlyk As the Trump administration shops around for a new Air Force secretary, experts warn it may not be s...

These are the five areas where the Air Force wants to see an explosion of technology

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter April 18, 2019

By: Valerie Insinna, Defense News WASHINGTON— The Air Force has a new science and technology strategy, and it’s built around the idea that it needs...

The Defense Department Is Boosting Military Spouse Job Opportunities

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter April 18, 2019

16 Apr 2019 Military.com | By Richard Sisk The Defense Department has changed some rules to make it easier for military spouses to get jobs at d...

Roper: Air Force Cloud May Track & Target All From Space To Ground — EXCLUSIVE

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter April 18, 2019

By COLIN CLARK, Breaking Defense SPACE SYMPOSIUM: After years of dead-end efforts that cost more than $1 billion to build a more effective satellit...

Air Force Releases 2018 Acquisition Report

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter April 5, 2019

Secretary of Air Force Public Affairs Office ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) -- The Air Force released the Fiscal Year 2018 Air Force Acquisition Annual R...

Quality education for children is a military readiness issue

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter April 4, 2019

By: Christi Ham, Military Times For several years, it’s been a truism that many primary and secondary students don’t have the skills or knowledge b...

USAF Considers Networking, Not Recapping, Aging ISR Planes

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter April 4, 2019

4/2/2019 —RACHEL S. COHEN, Air Force Magazine Legacy big-wing intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance planes like the RC-135 variants co...

Reserve seeks to speed up hiring of maintainers

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter April 4, 2019

By: Stephen Losey, Air Force Times The Air Force Reserve Command on Monday said it is expanding its use of direct hiring authority in an effort to ...

New Air Force installations strategy plans for sustained budget increases and demolished buildings

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter March 21, 2019

By Scott Maucione @smaucioneWFED, Federal News Network March 18, 2019 4:34 pm As the Air Force struggles with $33 billion in deferred maintenan...

Air Force Asks for 4,400 More Airmen, New F-15EX Fighter in Budget Request

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter March 14, 2019

Military.com | By Oriana Pawlyk The U.S. Air Force is hoping to grow its total force by 4,400 airmen, add a new fighter to its inventory, and pump ...

21st Century Partnership Quarterly Meeting – 21 March 2019 at 4:00 p.m.

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Community, Latest News, Newsletter, Robins AFB March 14, 2019

Please join us at the 21st Century Partnership Quarterly Meeting on 21 March at 4:00 p.m. at the Museum of Aviation, Art Gallery, Second Floor. We wi...

Air Force Secretary Wilson to resign in May, return to academia

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter March 12, 2019

By: Stephen Losey, Air Force Times Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson will resign at the end of May and take a job in academia. The Air Force re...

Air Force Base Saves $1 Billion by Reusing Old Equipment

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter February 21, 2019

16 Feb 2019 Military.com | By Oriana Pawlyk For the past seven years, three Air Force civilians at Vandenberg Air ...

The US Air Force Has Won Control of the Space Force

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter February 14, 2019

BY MARCUS WEISGERBER, Defense One, FEBRUARY 12, 2019 Six months ago, service leaders said they were being cut out of the planning process. Now they...

Trump faces royal flush of opposition from defense committee leaders to using military construction funds for wall

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter February 14, 2019

By Scott Maucione, Federal News Radio February 12, 2019 1:16 pm Another top lawmaker is opposing the use of military construction funds t...

Rapid Sustainment Office installs 3D parts on C-5

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter, Robins AFB February 8, 2019

By Brian Brackens Published February 06, 2019 DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. – A C-5 Super Galaxy with the tail number 70035 is the latest recipie...

Air Force: F-35 Buys Will Continue Regardless of Interest in F-15X

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter February 5, 2019

2 Feb 2019 Military.com | By Oriana Pawlyk The U.S. Air Force is not backing away from future F-35 Joint Strike Fi...

If the money is there, new and improved F-15s could be coming soon to the Air Force

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter January 29, 2019

By: Jeff Martin, DefenseNews IN THE AIR OVER KENTUCKY — The U.S. Air Force could buy a new version of the F-15, known as the F-15X, as long as ...

Viewpoint: Industrial Base Gears Up for Great Power Conflict

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter January 25, 2019

1/24/2019 By Jeffery A. Green, National Defense Magazine For decades, free-trade ideology has dominated discussions about manufacturing ...

Pentagon Owns Fewer Buildings Than Previously Thought: Audit

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter January 11, 2019

BY MARCUS WEISGERBER, Defense One, JANUARY 9, 2019 The Navy was counting buildings that were demolished and the Army was counting uninhabitable fac...

Rep. Austin Scott Applauds Middle Georgia Being Named ‘Great American Defense Community’

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Community, Latest News, Newsletter, Robins AFB January 8, 2019

January 3, 2019 Press Release This is the second year in a row a community in Georgia’s Eighth District has received this honor. WASHIN...

FEDVIP gift: Military retirees, others get extra three months to enroll in dental, vision insurance

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter December 18, 2018

By: Karen Jowers, Military Times Government officials are giving those in the military community who are eligible for new benefits under t...

New BAH rates for 2019 rise 2.5 percent

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter December 18, 2018

By: Military Times staff 3 days ago The Pentagon on Friday released the new 2019 Basic Allowance for Housing rates that will...

Services Need to Assess the Effectiveness of Their Initiative to Maintain Critical Skills

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter December 14, 2018

Direct link to report: https://www.gao.gov/assets/700/696055.pdf Highlights: The Department of Defense's 17 facilities that perform m...

FEDVIP Extends Military Retiree Dental,Vision Enrollment Window

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter December 12, 2018

11 Dec 2018 Military.com | By Amy Bushatz Federal officials have extended dental insurance enrollment for thousands of military r...

21st Century Partnership Monthly Update – December 2018

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Community, Latest News, Newsletter, Robins AFB December 12, 2018

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Modernizing the US military by learning from the past

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter November 30, 2018

By: Lou DiStasi, Defense News “Innovation” and “force modernization” are the Pentagon buzzwords of the day. Strategies are being developed across t...

Trump and Congress on collision course with military spending

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter November 20, 2018

BY REBECCA KHEEL The House, Senate and President Trump are heading toward a collision over next year’s defense budget. A recent report ordered...

Elmo, meet ‘Dr. Heather’: Air Force secretary talks STEM with Sesame Street characters

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter November 15, 2018

By: Stephen Losey, Air Force Times For decades, kids have asked how to get to Sesame Street. And this week, at least, it seems the path goes throug...

Sustainment Chief to Focus on Installation Resilience

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Community, Latest News, Newsletter, Robins AFB November 15, 2018

In Military Families, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, ADC, Dan Cohen Washington, D.C. — The Pentagon’s new installations, energy and logist...

21st Century Partnership Monthly Update – 7 November 2018

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Community, Latest News, Newsletter November 9, 2018

21st Century Partnership Monthly Update Nov 7...

Will some military retirees miss the boat on new dental coverage?

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter, Robins AFB November 2, 2018

By: Karen Jowers, Military Times Are military retirees getting the word about looming changes to their dental coverage, and do older retirees in pa...

Pentagon Stands up New Sustainment Office

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter November 1, 2018

Association of Defense Communities, October 31, 2018, Dan Cohen DOD has started the process of merging the office responsible for energy and insta...

KC-135, C-130J are next in line for US Air Force’s data-driven maintenance program

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter October 30, 2018

By: Jeff Martin, Defense News GRAPEVINE, Texas — The KC-135 refueling tanker and the C-130J airlifter will be the next two aircraft to be part of t...

The decline of the defense industrial base – and what to do about it

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Legislation, Newsletter October 9, 2018

By: Jeff Green, Defense News A new report released by the White House documents the gravity of the situation facing the defense industrial base, wh...

Defense Base’s Lower Tiers under Threat, White House Report Warns

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter October 9, 2018

Dan Cohen, ADC The outlook for lower-tier suppliers in the nation’s defense industrial base is troubling, with DOD facing “limited capabilities, in...

A C-130H training subcontractor has replaced Lockheed Martin as prime for Air Force contract

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter September 27, 2018

By: Daniel Cebul, Defense News WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force has awarded CAE USA a contract to provide training services for C-130H aircrew, acco...

US Air Force turns to data analytics to solve B-1, C-5 maintenance challenges

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Latest News, Newsletter, Robins AFB September 27, 2018

By: Valerie Insinna, Defense News WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force is making changes to the way it sustains the B-1B Lancer bomber and C-5 Super Gal...

Georgia Named Top State for Business for Fifth Consecutive Year

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in Community, Latest News, Newsletter September 21, 2018

Staff Report From Georgia CEO Friday, September 21st, 2018 Gov. Nathan Deal announced that Georgia has been named the No. 1 state for business f...

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