New Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne says that the Air Force needs to have transparent process oversight—“that maybe we never had before.” For Wynne, it is as simple as: “Say what you are going to do, and do what you say. Set a standard and then adhere to the standard.” He believes such an approach will “drive away a lot of our critics.”
A combined Navy and Air Force program is seeking to build a smaller version of a ubiquitous air-to-air missile that could give advanced aircraft, such as the Collaborative Combat Aircraft, greater magazine depth in a high-end fight.