“In a world characterized by unpredictability and increasingly frequent surprise, there are heavy penalties for ponderous decision making and slow execution.” –Richard Danzig The U.S. Air Force is losing the race to field a crewed sixth-generation fighter jet to China. If it loses this race, it will be qualitatively outmatched by the Chinese air force.
The U.S. Air Force needs to resurrect the Digital Century Series, which would allow the service to buy and build aircraft using a process-centric, iterative acquisitions strategy. This would enable the Air Force to quickly buy and build new aircraft to remain responsive to theThe post It’s Time to Build the Digital Century Series appeared first on War on the Rocks.