By Blake Baiers, RealClearDefense: “A new age of close-air-support is on the horizon, and it is taking shape in the New Mexico desert. This week Sierra Nevada’s A-29 Super Tucano and Textron Industries AT-6 Wolverine were in the air, being flown by U.S. Air Force pilots that will be putting the planes through a series of tests to evaluate their capabilities as close-air-support platforms as part of the OA-X experiment, which is set to begin next month ... ”
By Baker Spring, RealClearDefense: “Defense policy leaders both in Congress and the Department of Defense have come to recognize that the existing acquisition process is too complicated and cumbersome. With new threats on the horizon and a new Administration committed to devoting more resources to critical defense capabilities, now is the time for lawmakers to do something about it.
By Joseph Hammond, RealClearDefense: “ It is convenient and concise, short enough to fit cleanly onto a PowerPoint slide and clear enough to be expressed as an actual mathematical equation: ends + ways + means = strategy (less residual risk).”