Airpower advocates are used to paraphrasing retired Gen. Chuck Horner, air boss of the first Gulf War, that little can be achieved in modern warfare without airpower. Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne, offering the keynote address at the AFA convention yesterday, offered a new riff on that thought: “Without cyber dominance, all other domains are at risk.” Wynne said he is working on setting up a cyber command, and noted that cyber warfare can be conducted “globally, simultaneously, and on infinite fronts.”
General Atomics, the maker of one of the Air Force’s first Collaborative Combat Aircraft, has ambitious plans for its family of semi-autonomous drones beyond the FQ-42, including a flying-wing aircraft capable of carrying out both reconnaissance and strike missions. Meanwhile, the Air Force Research Laboratory announced a new program to…