We discuss key concepts regarding space domain awareness, offensive and defensive counterspace operations, and what it will take to secure space superiority. This is fundamentally tied to the Space Force’s latest document: Space Warfighting: A Framework for Planners.
We explore national security artificial intelligence applications and considerations with Primer, a leading AI company. How AI can help improve U.S. defense capabilities? What about vulnerabilities and challenges? What market conditions are required to transition this technology to reality?
Heather “Lucky” Penney digs into AI and Collaborative Combat Aircraft, with Mike “Pako” Benitez of Shield AI and Ray “Krypto” O’Mara of the Mitchell Institute.
Our team talks about about what a new Chief of Staff of the Air Force will mean for the service and the broader defense environment, the CCA’s first flight, plus ACC’s focus on readiness.
America’s ability to secure its interests demands a robust Air Force. The current security environment will tolerate nothing less. The service has traditionally measured its prowess via capacity, capabilities, and its readiness. The Air Force currently lags in each of these three areas. Lt Gen Dave Deptula, USAF (Ret), JV Venable, and Robert “Otis” Winkler discuss these challenges and outline what needs to be done to reset the Air Force. JV just completed a major report on this topic and the conversation centers around his discuss the top findings.
This week we’re talking about what it’ll take to project airpower into the heart of the fight in a conflict with China. The American way of war, especially airpower, requires a lot of connectivity. That’s why China has focused a tremendous amount of energy to degrade and deny this communication. That has huge implications for our forces. It’s exactly what Mike Dahm investigated in his latest report—Disconnected by Design—Fifth and Sixth Generation Aircraft in Disaggregated Collaborative Air Operations. The concept relies upon a force of fifth and sixth-generation aircraft, plus CCA, that can penetrate adversary air defenses, sensing, coordinating, and executing individual actions at the tactical edge of the battlespace.
