Air Force Space Command is leading the effort to solicit ideas for a “no warning—national security demands an immediate response” system to satisfy the Pentagon’s prompt global strike requirement. According to the request for information, DOD expects to “deploy a first-generation, terrestrial-based, white-world, non-directed energy, kinetic capability by 2020.” First thoughts are due March 14.
Three B-1B Lancers from the 7th Bomb Wing flew over the Indo-Pacific alongside F-16s from the Japanese Air Self Defense Force recently, as part of a joint large force exercise. The mission began and ended in the continental U.S., as the bombers flew 31 hours and landed Jan. 11.