TOPIC SPONSOR: Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Operational Energy (SAF/IEN)
How important is advanced airframe and engine technology development in the near-peer fight? In particular, how are procurement decisions with operational energy implications (e.g. engine tech, blended wing body aircraft) made today going to impact the industrial base, force structure, and competitiveness with peer adversaries in the next decades? For example, should the Air Force consider smaller procurement programs with shorter timelines to react to improvements in technology? If so, how would we ensure the industrial base is sufficiently capitalized for large projects or pulses of production?
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