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U.S. Air Force weighs option of uncrewed aerial refuellers
The U.S. Air Force is considering making its next-generation aerial refuelling aircraft uncrewed, as the Navy’s uncrewed tanker programme accelerates. Air Mobility Command chief Daniel Tulley said future refuelling platforms may not need to be crewed and must be networked and able to defend themselves. The Air Force is fielding Boeing’s KC-46 but cut new tanker review funds in its 2027 budget request while seeking money for an “advanced refuelling system”.
Industry
U.S. Air Force to replace B-52 bomber weapon pylons with fiber-optic, gigabit links
The U.S. Air Force is pursuing a modernisation programme to replace wing weapon pylons on 75 B-52H strategic bombers with new digital equipment. The upgrade applies a next-generation interface supporting fiber-optic connections and gigabit-class data transfer and is expected to improve data exchange with precision-guided weapons. Budget documents cite higher payload requirements, with a new pylon designed for up to 20,000 pounds of conventional or nuclear weapons.
AI & Enterprise
ITCEN Ntech to advance brigade-level scientific combat training system
IT services company ITCEN Ntech said on Feb. 12 it held a preliminary and critical design review meeting at its Gwacheon headquarters for a Defence Acquisition Program Administration-led project to make minor performance upgrades to a brigade-level scientific combat training system. The company said the project applies AI-based object recognition to improve reliability in measuring mortar direction angles and uses AI to automatically convert training video and communications-network audio into data for customised learning management.