Aerospace Advantage

Top Spacepower Insights: AFA’s Warfare Symposium

Join Mitchell Institute’s Spacepower Advantage Center of Excellence team to for their key takeaways from the Warfare Symposium. This is one of the top “must attend” defense events of the year, with nearly every senior leader from the Department of the Air Force in attendance.

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Want Effective AI? It’ll Take Contextualized Mission Data

Autonomy and artificial intelligence are going to have a massive impact on warfighting. Success will demand effectively coordinate with human teammates, rapidly adjusting to a dynamic threat environment, adhering to commander’s intent, and affording sufficient insight for legal and reliability analysis. Heather Penney chats with a team of AI experts and former warfighters about these factors, including Robert “Bobaloo” Rickard and Mark “Drifter” Valentine.

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Air Superiority: It Takes More Fighters

Since the end of the Cold War, Air Force resource shortfalls have hit the fighter inventory hard. Fewer tails carry more sortie demand, which is a recipe for burnout. It’s time for a course correction. We explore this crucial topic with Brig. Gen. Shannon “Sinjin” Smith, Commander of the Idaho Air National Guard.

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