The Big B-21 Raider Bomber ‘Math Problem’ The Air Force Can’t Solve
National Security Journal | April 14, 2025
Securing Air and Space: Allied Insights
Modern military operations don’t work without allied airpower and spacepower. It’s a key strength the U.S. enjoys in the current threat environment. We explore these realities with Brig Gen Nicolas Chambaz, the leader charged with overseeing international relations for the French Air and Space Force headquarters. In particular, we discuss the French Air & Space Force’s latest Strategic Vision, The Sky as a Battlefield.
Trump Administration takes aim at reforming sluggish arms export system
Flight Global | April 16, 2025
The Future of Uncrewed Airpower: Pilot Perspective
As the Air Force develops the operational construct for Collaborative Combat Aircraft, it is important for the service to tap into two decades of lessons learned flying highly sophisticated uncrewed aircraft like the MQ-1 Predator, MQ-9 Reaper, RQ-4 Global Hawk, and RQ-170. While CCA will execute at an entirely new level of performance, there are also foundational realities tied to uncrewed aviation that will shape how these aircraft fly and fight.
Logistics While Under Attack: Key to a CCA Force Design
Arlington, VA | March 25, 2025 — The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies is pleased to announce a new entry…
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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.
Airpower
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.
Budgeting
Resource investment must prioritize investments that will yield best value for the Air Force, Space Force, and national security establishment as a whole.
Nuclear
Strategic deterrence is the bedrock of the national security enterprise thanks to the virtues and value of the triad.
Space
National security space activities are essential facets of any military operation, while also creating conditions essential for the civilian economy.