Gen. Tom Hobbins, US Air Forces in Europe boss, has been in Moscow at the air show, where he told reporters that USAFE’s relationship with the Russian Air Force has “reached an all-time high over the past year.” Russian President Vladimir Putin also attended the air show, where he enlarged upon his decision last week to reinstate routine strategic bomber flights, saying he also intended to reinvigorate the country’s lagging aerospace industry. While the White House and State Department publicly are shrugging off the return of the Russian bomber patrols, there is some concern at the Pentagon about side effects. Read more here.
Unmanned aerial vehicles and autonomous aircraft may provide a solution to operating in heavily contested domains such as the Taiwan Straits, according to a panel of expert who suggested operationalizing artificial intelligence for such purposes sooner rather than later. The group gathered virtually to help launch the Mitchell Institute for…