Adapting to Shorter Time Cycles in the United States Air Force Proceedings of a Workshop Series (2021) / Chapter Skim
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3 Workshop Two, Part One
3 Workshop Two, Part One
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, former Chief of Staff of the USAF, Commander of Air Combat Command, Commander of United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) , and Commander of Central Command Air Forces and the 9th USAF, commended Lt.
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He explained that this approach makes it possible to improve core competencies in an evolutionary way. Battle Labs relied on an overarching plan to integrate the vertical dimension to seamlessly enable the effects of each of the functions toward a goal of simple organizing principles, such as Cursor on Target.
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Gen. Martin asked how best to present that coherent story, with an emphasis on the 11 technology areas of the 2018 National Defense Strategy.
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He added that there are people in the military and government who are by nature innovative and are willing to bet their careers on decisions, such as Col. Richard "Moody" Suter, but senior leadership has to provide top cover for those pushing the limits of the system.
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Warfighters understand the technology and could be given the tools with which they are comfortable. The secrets to innovation are reputation, trust, and leadership: When the senior leaders offer support for innovative ideas, the bureaucracy tends to follow.
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, Commander, USAFE; Air Force Warfighting Integrator; Commander, 12th Air Force; USAFE A-3, described three significant change cycle events in his career. First, as the USAF Commander Rear for Operation Allied Force in 1998, Gen.
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Hobbins described the evolution of the USAF Smart Operations for the 21st Century (AFSO 21) , which introduced an initiative to help fund a response to the USAF's strategic need to modernize and recapitalize its aging aircraft and equipment.
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He highlighted this as an example of effective interagency cooperation and conveyed the following lessons learned: The time was right for a unified interagency effort -- with an operational need and an opportunity, USAF and CIA leadership support, and National Security Council support. The leadership provided the organizational top cover so that talented action officers could identify and solve problems.
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NextGen plan to modernize air traffic control; enables active air traffic control over oceans, polar regions, and undeveloped areas; and provides other powerful global situational awareness capabilities. The constellation was completed in the first quarter of January 2019, and the estimated Aireon revenue for 2020 (pre-COVID-19)
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/RG, explained that in May 2020, Gen. Stephen Wilson signed a memo outlining that AFWERX "1.0" would transition to Air Force Materiel Command to increase its capability development role -- specifically by moving into AFRL, where the organized train and equip functions are maintained, but still preserving a direct report to the service acquisition executive for purposes of strategy approval execution direction (similar to a program executive officer [PEO]
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The reduced cost makes it possible to take a hybrid or electric commercial investment coupled with an investment in the small UAV industry with sensors and achieve ORB in a way that could eliminate the USAF's initial capability development delays or create a surge capacity (similar to the automobile industry's efforts)
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a decrease in the regulatory risk, by providing airworthiness to companies so they can generate data and revenue to decrease financial risk and by giving the USAF early insights into the nontraditional actors; and (3) eventually the fielding of a capability, while providing risk reduction across industry.
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Diller responded that current ranges are approximately 200 watt-hours per kilogram. Looking to the future, lithium ion technology offers the potential for growth at 5–8 percent per year in battery energy density.
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He added that space is now a warfare domain, and improved effects are available when combining satellites with other weapons for C2, precision navigation, indications, and warning. The United States is now trying to fight and win a war in space while trying to fight and win in other domains, which is a degree of complexity that is often misunderstood.
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