Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld claims he is “perfectly honest” when he says, “I don’t know what she was talking about.” Rumsfeld was responding to a question from Scott Hennen with WDAY radio in Fargo, N.D., who wanted to know if Rumsfeld agreed with Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, who said the US had made thousands of tactical errors in Iraq. He went on to explain, “Commanders have to constantly make tactical adjustments,” because the “enemy’s got a brain” and “constantly adjusts.”
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…