Air Force ABMS Refocus: Capabilities And Kit, Not Experiments
ABMS "has not been adequately focused on achieving and building specific, measurable improvements and operational outcomes," said Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall.
ABMS "has not been adequately focused on achieving and building specific, measurable improvements and operational outcomes," said Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall.
"There's no free money, right, so it has to come from somewhere," said Lt. Gen. Clinton Hinote, deputy chief of staff for strategy, integration and requirements.
It's been a whirlwind of a year — and the defense establishment has plenty of thoughts on how it's unfolded and what might come next.
The Air Force is wargaming with allies on how to counter Russia and China in the Arctic, looking to "understand the nature of the competition, as well as the range of capabilities that each of us bring to the problem," said Lt. Gen. Clinton Hinote, the service's lead strategist.
"We have got to come up with a compromise with the people's representatives when it comes to defining requirements in the future," he said.