Watch panelists retired Maj. Gen. Jon A. Norman, vice president of customer requirements and capabilities at Raytheon Missiles & Defense; Terri Quick, director of Air Force customer relations at Elbit Systems of America; Josh Goodman, program management lead for Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) and TurboJet at Pratt & Whitney; Dave Winebrener, senior manager of the Missile and Aviation Systems Division at Dynetics, a Leidos Company; and moderator Air Force Col. Gary A. Haase, commander and director for the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Munitions Directorate, take part in the “Mission Domain Live Engagement—Munitions” session from AFA’s 2021 virtual Aerospace Warfare Symposium.
A top Pentagon tech official called on industry this week to help the military develop “lighter, more efficient” directed energy weapons designed to go on aircraft and conduct special operations missions or down drones—areas where the Air Force’s directed energy efforts have been quiet as of late.