USAF releases Global Horizons, a science and technology study designed to articulate projected changes through 2050 that may influence global stability and identifies necessary investments to ensure freedom of maneuver in global domains. It is the last report by former Air Force Chief Scientist Mark Maybury, succeeded by Mica Endsley in June.
A record investment in research and development by the Department of the Air Force will help the United States win the long-term technology race with China, even while shrinking the fleet size before a possible mid-decade Taiwan contingency, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said May 17. “With the Air Force,…