Air Force

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The Advanced Battle Management System will conduct demonstrations every four months to test program connectivity.

The Air Force is using adaptive learning technology to train potential airmen faster.

Lauren Knausenberger, the chief transformation officer for the Air Force, said commercial network and cloud services will ensure the service stays modern, secure and can adapt to the ever-changing challenges.

Rebecca Weirick, the executive director of the Services Acquisition Office of in the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Procurement, said category management helped the service save almost 10% on contracts that was put toward readiness and modernization in 2019.

The Air Force’s acquisition chief says the next frontier for bug bounties lies in the chips and embedded systems the Defense procurement process typically ignores.

The U.S. now has a Space Force. Assets are already moving over from the Air Force.

In today’s Federal Newscast, the 14th Air Force has officially been redesignated as Space Operations Command.

Long story short — the Air Force sought to acquire space launch services through an unusual contracting strategy of trying to award two compatible bids.

Maj. Gen. Cameron Holt, the deputy assistant secretary for contracting in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, said 80% of companies who won contracts at Pitch Days were non-traditional contractors.

Federal employees were given the day of Christmas Eve off this year—and they absolutely deserve it.

The Air Force is preparing to invest in what it’s calling Digital U, an online schoolhouse similar to Udemy or Codecademy that will let airmen learn basic cyber skills.

The 2020 NDAA bars DoD from converting military medical billets to civilian ones until more analysis is done.

Federal procurement lawyers say the first quarter of the federal fiscal year tends to be among the busiest times of the year as contractors challenge awards and solicitations that came during the previous fourth quarter.