It’s no secret that the Air Force and Space Force are in the middle of a massively transformative era. The Mitchell team engages in a critical conversation with Lt Gen Rick Moore (USAF) and Lt Gen Shawn Bratton (USSF) regarding the breakdown of this year’s budget and how it will help build tomorrow’s airpower and spacepower.
John “Slick” Baum chats with Scott Forney, the President of Electromagnetic Systems at General Atomics, along with Col Charles Galbreath, USSF (Ret.), and Maj Gen Larry Stutzriem, USAF (Ret.), from our Mitchell Institute team. The Space Force is developing its satellite constellations to meet new mission demands, evolving their architecture to address a rapidly burgeoning threat environment. No longer does the Space Force want to be overly reliant on large “fat juicy target” satellites, which, if destroyed or incapacitated, would yield outsized impacts to broader mission functions.
Disruptive Warfare: The Nonkinetic Fight | 2024 AFA Warfare Symposium from Air & Space Forces Association on Vimeo.
Future Force Design for Counterspace Campaigning from Air & Space Forces Association on Vimeo.
Space Order of Battle | 2024 AFA Warfare Symposium from Air & Space Forces Association on Vimeo.
Empowering actors at all levels with a smart set of options at the right time and place demands procuring the most effective, efficient, and resilient set of tools.
No matter the mission, from air superiority and long range strike to air mobility and command and control, a broad range of missions executed in the air provide vital options at the strategic, operational, and tactical realms.
Resource investment must prioritize investments that will yield best value for the Air Force, Space Force, and national security establishment as a whole.
Strategic deterrence is the bedrock of the national security enterprise thanks to the virtues and value of the triad.
Meeting national security requirements today and tomorrow requires insightful, creative approaches that prioritize America’s strengths, while not projecting undue vulnerability.