Watch Air Force Materiel Command boss Gen. Arnold W. Bunch Jr.; Lt. Gen. John F. “JT” Thompson, commander of the Space and Missile Systems Center; Brig. Gen. Heather L. Pringle, commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory; Dr. Joel B. Mozer, USSF chief scientist take part in the “Science, Technology & Innovation In Every Domain” session from AFA’s 2021 virtual Aerospace Warfare Symposium moderated by retired Maj. Gen. Doug Raaberg, AFA executive vice president.
Bell Textron has won DARPA's contest for a no-runway, high-speed drone that will prove out technologies useful for special operations forces and possibly the Air Force's Agile Combat Employment concept. Bell's design converts a tiltrotor to a jet-powered aircraft able to fly at up to 450 knots.