Defense News: Planning Begins for USAF Next-Gen Air Dominance
WASHINGTON — The US Air Force is about to start a deep-dive process that will eventually decide what technologies and capabilities it will fund to ensure air dominance in the world of 2030.
And while that includes the potential for a sixth-generation fighter, top service officials continue to stress that the result of the process will likely be a family of systems approach.
Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- March 10, 2015
US diplomat warns Europe of 'dangerous' defence spending cuts -- BBC
Iraq's divide could strain anti-IS coalition: US -- AFP
The U.S. Air Force has moved more A-10 Thunderbolt attack planes to the “Arabian Gulf” -- The Aviationist
Egyptian president pushes U.S. for military aid in Fox News interview -- Reuters
Israeli Military Intelligence Chief Visit to US Said to Signal Strength of Relationship -- Algemeiner
US Urges Europe To Send More Peacekeepers -- Defense News
Obama Decided Against Sending Kiev Lethal Aid After Talks With Merkel -- Sputnik
Poroshenko Requests Parliament to Allow Foreign Troops to Train in Ukraine -- Sputnik
Ukraine raises defense spending four times -- ITAR-TASS
Moscow Will Respond to NATO Military Buildup Near Russia's Border - Lavrov -- Sputnik
Russian starts military exercises in southern region of Stavropol: RIA news agency -- Reuters
Joint Viking: Norway buzzes Russian border with biggest military drill in 50yrs -- RT
NATO Wraps Up Joint Naval Drill in the Black Sea -- Sputnik
Analyst Forecasts Big UK Defense Cuts -- Defense News
UK lost ‘national appetite’ for war, says top general -- RT
UK Foreign Secretary Calls for More Spying Powers -- Sputnik
China jails two for selling military secrets, including details of aircraft carrier -- Reuters
Time's Running Out for the U.S. Air Force's $55 Billion Stealth Bomber -- Motley Fool
USAF Looks to Global Hawk Upgrades -- Defense News
The 2 designs competing to be the U.S. Army's helicopter of the future -- Blastr
General Dynamics’ Destroyers for U.S. Navy More Than a Year Late -- Bloomberg
DARPA's Anti-Ship Missile Still Less Deadly Than Chinese ‘Carrier Killer’ -- Sputnik
DARPA and Lockheed Martin Offer U.S. Navy a Deadly New Ship-Killing Missile -- Motley Fool
Revamping US Navy Surface ships from now to 2025 -- Next Big Future
The Navy lost nine ships this month -- on paper -- Virginia Pilot
Our Navy Is Big Enough -- Gregg Easterbrooke, NYT
No, the Navy Isn’t Big Enough -- Bryan McGrath, War On The Rocks
Navy's newest crew: 'The Three Presidents' -- Brad Lendon, CNN
China's maritime rise offers risks, rewards for U.S. sailors -- Navy Times
Wikimedia Foundation Sues NSA, DOJ Over Mass Surveillance Program -- IBTimes
Former SEALs chaplain could be kicked out of Navy for Christian beliefs -- FOX News
Essay: U.S. Should Consider Establishing a South China Sea International Operations Center in Indonesia -- Lt. Cmdr. Jeff W. Benson (USN), USNI
Analysis: Is the time right for a European Air Force? -- Gareth Jennings, IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
Is U.S. Air Force superiority under threat? -- Zachary Cohen, CNN
1 comment:
When does the line between focusing on the present (F-35) and planning for the future (sixth-gen aircraft) get crossed? Perhaps funds should be funneled into getting the F-35 off the bloody ground and less allocated towards "sixth and seventh-gen research".
Research and planning is always important, but when you can't get your "highly coveted" F-35 off the tarmac, how does that bode for future planes? Will they go through the same process of sucking in funds repeatedly, or the epidemic that is constant over-budgeting?
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