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AIN’s Pocock: USAF’s Global Hawk, U-2 ‘Are Complementary’ Aircraft
Chris Pocock, defense editor at Aviation International News, says the RQ-4 Global Hawk and U-2 “Dragon Lady” should be seen as complementary vs. competitor aircraft, praises the US Air Force’s decision not to sunset the U-2, and discusses necessary upgrades, manpower challenges and the program’s future outlook during an interview at the Air Force Association’s 2017 Air, Space & Cyber conference and trade show near Washington. The Defense & Aerospace Report’s coverage is sponsored by L3 Technologies and Leonardo DRS.
GD’s Rush on F-16 Wideband Radome’s Function, Capabilities, Design Challenges
Bruce Rush, program manager at General Dynamics Mission Systems, discusses what its F-16 Wideband Radome does, what sets it apart from its predecessors and design challenges involved in its construction in an interview at the Air Force Association’s 2017 Air, Space & Cyber conference and trade show near Washington. The Defense & Aerospace Report’s coverage is sponsored by L3 Technologies and Leonardo DRS.
CNAS: ‘A New Era in U.S.-Russian Strategic Stability’
In a new report from the Center for a New American Security entitled “A New Era in U.S.-Russian Strategic Stability: How Changing Geopolitics and Emerging Technologies are Reshaping Pathways to Crisis and Conflict,” co-authors Jim Miller, PhD, and Richard Fontaine argue that “the parallel changes in U.S.-Russian political relations and the military-technological landscape are fundamentally reshaping the ways in which a U.S.-Russian crisis and conflict likely would unfold,” according to the report. “Neither side has yet internalized these overlapping geopolitical and technological changes,” they continue. “When they do, it is likely that each will take different and potentially conflicting lessons from them. As a result, risks could significantly increase the potential of a dispute leading to crisis, of a crisis leading to war, and of a war escalating rapidly.” In response, they identify these potential outcomes and make recommendations for handling each of them.
Former USAF Chief Fogleman on Lifetime Achievement Award, AFA
Gen. Ron Fogleman, USAF Ret., 15th US Air Force chief of staff and 2017 Air Force Association Lifetime Achievement award recipient, discusses being recognized for his service and what AFA means to him during an excerpt from a wide-ranging Sept. 18, 2017, interview at the association’s 2017 Air, Space & Cyber conference and trade show near Washington. Defense & Aerospace Report’s coverage is sponsored by L3 Technologies and Leonardo DRS, and this interview is in partnership with the Air Force Association.
Spirit AeroSystems’ Kondrotis on Industry Partnerships, Additive Manufacturing
Krisstie Kondrotis, Spirit AeroSystems’ senior vice president for defense programs, discusses the company’s commercial and growing defense partnerships, its design philosophy and future plans, and additive manufacturing during a Sept. 21, 2017, interview at the Air Force Association’s 2017 Air, Space & Cyber conference and trade show near Washington. The Defense & Aerospace Report’s coverage is sponsored by L3 Technologies and Leonardo DRS.
USAF’s Everhart on AMC’s Combat Role, Aging Jets & Readiness
Gen. Carlton “Dewey” Everhart II, commander of the US Air Force’s Air Mobility Command, discusses the combat role of his command, problems with aging jets and improving readiness during a Sept. 20, 2017, interview at the 2017 Air Force Association Air, Space & Cyber conference and trade show near Washington. The Defense & Aerospace Report’s coverage is sponsored by L3 Technologies and Leonardo DRS.
Atlantic Council’s Nordenman on Sweden’s Exercise Aurora 17, Russia’s Response
Magnus Nordenman, deputy director of the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security and director of the center’s Transatlantic Security Initiative, discusses the significance of the Swedish Armed Forces’ Exercise Aurora 17, Russia’s response, Swedish national security and what’s next for its military during a Sept. 26, 2017, interview at the think tank’s Washington offices.
USAF Materiel Command Chief on Combating Aging Force, Impact of Budget Uncertainty
Gen. Ellen Pawlikowski, commander of the US Air Force Materiel Command, discusses steps being taken to combat an aging force — including revised aircraft inspections and additive manufacturing — and says “a continuing resolution is a challenge” for her command “across the board” during a Sept. 21, 2017, interview at the Air Force Association’s 2017 Air, Space & Cyber conference. The event was held in National Harbor, Md., just outside of Washington. The Defense & Aerospace Report’s coverage is sponsored by L3 Technologies and Leonardo DRS.