Boeing delivered the first pair of 360-degree high-definition F-22 Raptor simulators to the Air Force, the company announced on Jan. 8. “Boeing has delivered what are probably the most advanced high definition flight simulators I have experienced, and they are going to let our pilots realize training unlike any they’ve had before,” said Col. Anthony Genatempo, the F-22 system program director at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, in the release. “That translates directly into mission readiness,” he added. Boeing plans to upgrade Air Force’s three previously constructed F-22 Mission Training Centers with the Constant Resolution Visual System, in addition to the recently completed fourth, and future fifth center, which is slated for completion this summer, according to the release. F-22 MTC locations include JB Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, JB Langley-Eustice, Va., Nellis AFB, Nev., JB Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, and Tyndall AFB, Fla.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth vowed to undertake far-reaching reforms on the way the U.S. military buys weapons, promising a sweeping overhaul of the way the Defense Department determines requirements, handles the acquisition process, and tests its kit. The fundamental goal, which Hegseth underscored in a 1-hour and 10-minute speech…
