March 30, 2019
Super F-22s, Advanced B-52s, Hypersonic Missiles and More: The Air Force's Future is 'Deadly'
“We want to accelerate buying things earlier and bend metal immediately to learn, instead of wasting time on paper,†William Roper, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, Acquisition, Technology & Logistics, told an audience recently at an Air Force Association Symposium.
by Kris Osborn
These kinds of modernization efforts, adjustments or innovations made possible by software, point to the importance of better connecting the service’s science and technology initiatives with existing weapons programs of record, Roper emphasized.
The Air Force is implementing a new weapons strategy to fast-track a number of high-priority systems to war, including satellite sensors, hypersonic weapons, B-52 engines, nuclear missiles and combat sensors.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/super-f-22s-advanced-b-52s-hypersonic-missiles-and-more-air-forces-future-deadly-49967
