Air Force Undersecretary Ronald Sega told Washington-based defense reporters that even though the Air Force plans to ensure it doesn’t push immature technology into production, it does want to pursue leading-edge technology. Sega says that the service’s research community must push “the frontiers harder,” and that inevitably means some technologies won’t succeed. He emphasized that no one should be “surprised” if some things don’t work out.
The House Armed Services Committee on June 4 approved an amendment to a key defense policy bill that would bar the Air Force from retiring E-3 Sentry aircraft through fiscal 2027.