Watch panelists Paul Ferraro, vice president of air power at Raytheon Missiles & Defense; Andy Kuhn, digital engineering deputy at Aerojet Rocketdyne; John F. Matlik, engineering digital transformation lead at Rolls-Royce Corporation Defense Business; Dave Stagney, senior director of GATORWORKS at Pratt & Whitney; and moderator and Air Force Chief Modeling and Simulations Officer Richard Tempalski take part in the “Mission Domain Live Engagement – Digital Engineering/Advanced Manufacturing (Thursday)” session from AFA’s 2021 virtual Aerospace Warfare Symposium.
The Air Force is finally poised to deal with the “Valley of Death” problem—the gulf between the invention of an innovative new technology and its deployment at scale to warfighters— leaders of the department’s science and technology enterprise told defense industry executives Aug 27.