The Air Force’s new Mini Crypto chip will secure communications and data between systems like unmanned aerial vehicles and explosive ordnance disposal robots, while being “losable.” Airmen in the field rely on secured communications to accomplish their missions without enemy knowledge of their plans. Historically, the means by which the military encrypts its communications has…
Acquisition Personnel Assess Air Force Network Operations
Acquisition personnel at Hanscom Air force Base are setting up a system to monitor the health of the network enabling all Air Force operations. The Air Force network, which you could be using to view this article, is huge. Eight hundred thousand end points, like desktops, laptops, mobile devices and classified terminals generate 100,000 security…
AFLCMC Awards Major Long Range Radar Contract
The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center here awarded the Raytheon Company a $52.6 million contract May 11, 2017, for the three-dimensional expeditionary long-range radar system. The 3DELRR system will replace the aging AN/TPS-75, or Tipsy 75, as the principal Air Force ground-based sensor for long range surveillance, detection and tracking of aerial targets in…