The Air Force Association’s annual Air Warfare Symposium runs March 1-3, in Orlando, Fla. It features a range of speakers, including acting Air Force Secretary Lisa Disbrow, Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein, leaders of the service’s major commands, and other aviation and aerospace experts. The theme of this year’s conference is “C2 and fusion warfare.” For up-to-date information from AFA about the conference, click here. Track the conference on social media by following us on Twitter and Facebook or by using #AWS17.
Pentagon officials overseeing homeland counter-drone strategy told lawmakers that even with preliminary moves to bolster U.S. base defenses, the military still lacks the capability to comprehensively identify, track, and engage hostile drones like those that breached the airspace of Langley Air Force Base in Virginia for 17 days in December…