Air Force

Enabling intelligence work across classification levels

As the Intelligence Community blends open source and public data with its own intel, balancing the use and development of AI tools to analyze data, and…

Federal Insights

In this photo provided by South Korea Defense Ministry, U.S. Air Force F-35 stealth fighter jets and South Korean F-15 fighter jets fly over the Korean Peninsula, South Korea, Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017. The United States flew some of its most advanced warplanes in bombing drills with ally South Korea on Thursday, a clear warning after North Korea launched a midrange ballistic missile designed to carry nuclear bombs over Japan earlier this week, South Korea's military said. North Korea hates such displays of U.S. military might at close range and will likely respond with fury. (South Korea Defense Ministry via AP)

Contractors ponder the murky midterm election results

Congress

The Air Force seeks a better approach to the thorny problem of software licensing

Acquisition

Air Force, Space Force offer day off for servicemembers to get bivalent booster shot

Federal Newscast

Air Force needs to throttle up to fix cybersecurity vulnerabilities, DoD IG says

Federal Newscast

In this June 20, 2018 photo, marijuana and a pipe used to smoke it are displayed on a mirror in New York. In a law that went into effect on Sunday, May 10, 2020, New York City has barred many employers from making job applicants get tested for marijuana use. Supporters of the testing ban said job-seekers were unfairly being judged on private behavior, rather than professional ability. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan, File)

Air Force experiments with pot leniency in recruitment

Federal Newscast

FILE - In this May 27, 2021, file photo, military personnel participate in a NATO training exercise on board the UK Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth off the coast of Portugal. With increasingly strong talk in support of Taiwan, a new deal to supply Australia with nuclear submarines, and the launch of a European strategy for greater engagement in the Indo-Pacific, the U.S. and its allies are becoming growingly assertive in their approach toward a rising China. (AP Photo/Ana Brigida, File)

DoD moves forward with plans to help victims of sexual assault as reports hit all-time high

Defense

Staff Sgt. Galen Peterson, left, an ammunition NCO with Distribution Management Center, 19th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, poses with his son Spc. Justin Peterson, a Religious Affairs Specialist with 94th Military Police Battalion, in front of 19th ESC headquarters on Camp Henry. After growing up as an Army brat, Spc. Peterson enlisted in the Army in 2018 and now father and son are both stationed in Korea. (Capt. Cortland Henderson)

The armed services are drowning in ink

Defense

The growing role of open source intelligence in national security strategy

Federal Insights

Contractors sat up and listened to an astonishing speech from a military acquisition leader

Acquisition

Zero Trust Cyber Exchange: Why Air Force is taking an iterative, DevSecOps approach

Cybersecurity

Air Force wants to show airmen how to fuel themselves up

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Air Force now has its own cooking show.

Federal Newscast

A formation of U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons fly over during a centennial ceremony for the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, in Arlington National Cemetery, on Veterans Day, Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

New lawsuit filed on behalf of Air Force members with religious objections to COVID vaccine mandate

In today’s Federal Newscast, a federal lawsuit has been filed against the Defense Department on behalf of members of the Air Force seeking religious exemptions…

Federal Newscast

Who says small innovators can’t get big federal contracts?

Commentary

Startup that got big Air Force deal plans to stay a firmly commercially-focused company