America 250

As an official supporting partner of America250, the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies is proud to host “America 250: The Air & Space Power Story,” a year-long short-form podcast series with extensive video content highlighting how every U.S. state has contributed to the history and evolution of these domains. Timed with the Nation’s 250th anniversary, the series explores iconic places, people, and innovations that have fundamentally shaped airpower and spacepower. This ties to communities across the country.

War at the Speed of Information: Data Transport, Decision Advantage, & the Future of Military Space Communications

October 1 2026

Join the Mitchell Institute's Explorer Chair Gen. Kevin P. Chilton, USAF (Ret.), General Atomics’ Brent Marquand, and Mitchell Institute's Senior Resident Fellow Jennifer Reeves for a discussion on the technologies, architectures, and decisions shaping the future of military space communications.

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Recent Event

Brig. Gen. Mark Massaro

October 6 2026

Join us for a conversation you won’t want to miss regarding one of the Air Force’s most important mission areas.

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Recent Event

Brig. Gen. Timothy M. Helfrich

September 28 2026

Brig. Gen. Helfrich is responsible for the development, production, ﬁelding, sustainment, and modernization of the Air Force ﬁghter portfolio.

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Podcast The Rendezvous

Weapons in Space, AI Predictions, and F-35 Readiness Gains: The Rendezvous

October 3 2026

This week, we assess what’s going on in our nation’s capital as elections grow near and the window for passing...

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In the News & Commentary

America’s F-47 Takes Aim at China’s J-36 and J-50: The Sixth-Gen Fighter Race Accelerates

October 2 2026

Bharat Shakti | October 2, 2026

In the News & Commentary

US say F-47 will be first sixth-gen jet. China’s J-36 and J-50 are already flying

October 2 2026

South China Morning Post | October 1, 2026

In the News & Commentary

Taking CCA from vision to reality

October 2 2026

Aerospace America | October 1, 2026

In the News & Commentary

How The U.S. Air Force Finally Met its Pilot Training Goal

October 2 2026

Aviation Week | October 1, 2026

In the News & Commentary

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An Imperative for the Nation

America 250

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War at the Speed of Information: Data Transport, Decision Advantage, & the Future of Military Space Communications

Brig. Gen. Mark Massaro

Brig. Gen. Timothy M. Helfrich

Weapons in Space, AI Predictions, and F-35 Readiness Gains: The Rendezvous

America’s F-47 Takes Aim at China’s J-36 and J-50: The Sixth-Gen Fighter Race Accelerates

US say F-47 will be first sixth-gen jet. China’s J-36 and J-50 are already flying

Taking CCA from vision to reality

How The U.S. Air Force Finally Met its Pilot Training Goal

Drowning in Data: New report Says Space Force Needs Laser Communicaitons to Beat the Bottleneck

Mitchell Institute In the News

Highlights from AF 2026 Air, Space & Cyber Conference

F-47 Production Line “Not Too Far Away”, Says USAF Fighter Chief

What Boeing’s F/A-XX win means for the company, and what challenges come next

Pentagon awards Boeing $20bn contract for Navy stealth fighter jet

Full F-47 Production Line “Not Too Far Away”: USAF General

Ukraine Has an F-16 Emergency

U.S. Air Force Prepares To Put Its CCAs To The Test

FY-27 funding purgatory puts CCA production at a standstill

Recent Mitchell Institute Publications

War at the Speed of Information: Data Transport, Decision Advantage, & the Future of Military Space Communications

Commercial Space Is Not an Endless Field of Innovation: An Assessment of the Good, the Bad, & the Ugly

Launch Is an Event, Sustainment Is the Campaign: Building an On-Orbit Sustainment Ecosystem

From Platform Costs to Campaign Effects: Embedding Cost-Per-Effect in Force Design

Defeating the Drones: The Airman’s Imperative to Defend from Small Uninhabited Aerial Vehicles

Winning at Sea by Controlling the Air: The Strategic Centrality of Airbase Defense

Shared Understanding, Distributed Judgment: USAF Command and Control in Complex Operations

Technology and Military Disruption: Inbound from the Space Frontier

About the Mitchell Institute

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An Imperative for the Nation

America 250

Listen & Watch Now

War at the Speed of Information: Data Transport, Decision Advantage, & the Future of Military Space Communications

Brig. Gen. Mark Massaro

Brig. Gen. Timothy M. Helfrich

Weapons in Space, AI Predictions, and F-35 Readiness Gains: The Rendezvous

America’s F-47 Takes Aim at China’s J-36 and J-50: The Sixth-Gen Fighter Race Accelerates

US say F-47 will be first sixth-gen jet. China’s J-36 and J-50 are already flying

Taking CCA from vision to reality

How The U.S. Air Force Finally Met its Pilot Training Goal

Drowning in Data: New report Says Space Force Needs Laser Communicaitons to Beat the Bottleneck

Mitchell Institute In the News

Highlights from AF 2026 Air, Space & Cyber Conference

F-47 Production Line “Not Too Far Away”, Says USAF Fighter Chief

What Boeing’s F/A-XX win means for the company, and what challenges come next

Pentagon awards Boeing $20bn contract for Navy stealth fighter jet

Full F-47 Production Line “Not Too Far Away”: USAF General

Ukraine Has an F-16 Emergency

U.S. Air Force Prepares To Put Its CCAs To The Test

FY-27 funding purgatory puts CCA production at a standstill

Recent Mitchell Institute Publications

War at the Speed of Information: Data Transport, Decision Advantage, & the Future of Military Space Communications

Commercial Space Is Not an Endless Field of Innovation: An Assessment of the Good, the Bad, & the Ugly

Launch Is an Event, Sustainment Is the Campaign: Building an On-Orbit Sustainment Ecosystem

From Platform Costs to Campaign Effects: Embedding Cost-Per-Effect in Force Design

Defeating the Drones: The Airman’s Imperative to Defend from Small Uninhabited Aerial Vehicles

Winning at Sea by Controlling the Air: The Strategic Centrality of Airbase Defense

Shared Understanding, Distributed Judgment: USAF Command and Control in Complex Operations

Technology and Military Disruption: Inbound from the Space Frontier

About the Mitchell Institute

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