Watch panelists Chris Flynn, vice president of Military Development and GATORWORKS at Pratt & Whitney; John J. Kusnierek, senior vice president of LibertyWorks research and technology at Rolls-Royce North America; Darin L. DiTommaso, vice president of military engineering at GE Aviation; and moderator Michael R. Gregg, director of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Aerospace Systems Directorate, take part in the “Mission Domain Live Engagement—Propulsion” session from AFA’s 2021 virtual Aerospace Warfare Symposium.
The U.S. military is maintaining a beefed-up presence in the Middle East, including fighters and air defense assets, following the U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities June 22 and subsequent retaliation by the Iranians against Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.