The Air Force is working diligently to improve battlespace awareness with the next generation of long-range radars and has issued an amendment to a current solicitation. The Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar (3DELRR) will be the principal Air Force ground-based sensor for long-range surveillance, detection and tracking of aerial targets in support of theater commanders and…
Looking To A Cloud To Share Data Faster
The Kill Chain Integration Branch here has begun an experimentation campaign to look at ways to provide warfighters data in the fastest and most efficient ways possible. The campaign, Data-to-Decisions, is in its early stages but, according to officials, is already showing the potential to provide promising results. “Currently, once data is gathered, it’s sent…
Comms Program Hits 100,000 Hours of Warfighter Connectivity
A program managed here to ensure warfighters can stay connected despite differing networks and austere environments recently reached a significant milestone and is also on a path to keep moving forward. The Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) program reached 100,000 combat flight hours Jan. 30. The system, which provides coalition interoperability among air, space and…
Warfighters Reap Benefits as Critical Upgrades Continue
The AWAC 40/45 program office is delivering, and potentially accelerating, critical upgrades to the service’s primary platform. Replacing the mission computing system and software originally installed in the 1970s, the new capability will enhance tracking and combat identification capabilities in addition to providing operators with a better picture of the battlespace, said 1st Lt. Evan…