Retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Gen. Sam Angelella, Vice President for military customer programs at GE Aviation, discusses how rapid acquisition and sustainment can increase readiness and decrease costs for the American warfighter.
New approaches to acquisition, faster testing, and lessons from combat are shrinking the Air Force’s timelines for fielding low-cost munitions from years to months, a top Air Force weapons official told the Senate Armed Services Committee on March 24.