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About us
The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies is an independent, nonpartisan policy research institute established to provide creative, insightful policy options that better empower our nation's leaders by: - Informing the national security debate - Educating about aerospace power's unique role in securing America's global interests and - Cultivating airminded talent Quite often this involves questioning established doctrine, organizational constructs, and operational concepts, asking whether there is a better way to meet desired goals. The Mitchell Institute provides independent, sound analysis outlining the right solutions in the aerospace domain to protect our nation.
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🗓️ 👉 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗔𝗥𝗦: Oct. 17—Dr. Troy Meink, Principal Deputy Director National Reconnaissance Office...Join us for an insightful discussion as we examine the NRO’s relationship with the Space Force and learn more about how the NRO is changing to meet emerging challenges in the space domain. 𝗩𝗜𝗥𝗧𝗨𝗔𝗟 𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗧: https://lnkd.in/e5Smhf9r #AirForce #USAF #Airman #SpaceForce #Guardian
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📡 𝗣𝗢𝗗𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗧: Episode 204 — Todd “Sledge” Harmer, Senior Vice President, American Defense International, explains why the nuclear triad and conventional force modernization are key to maintaining an edge in Great Power Competition. MORE: https://lnkd.in/eK5HFaYd #AirForce #USAF #Airman #SpaceForce #Guardian
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Satellites belonging to the NRO and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency have long provided the intelligence community with intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, but have not provided real-time targeting data for moving targets. #AirForce #USAF #Airman #SpaceForce #Guardian
NRO Joins Pentagon Exercises to Test New Targeting Satellites
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Disaggregated System-of-System force designs have benefits, but also have significant vulnerabilities that DEMAND traditional mission aircraft. I did research for DARPA on disaggregated forces in combat operations, and am concerned with signals I'm now seeing trends that suggest the USAF is leaning heavily into a force design dominated by disaggregated SoS while minimizing traditional aircraft. What should this balance be, and why? Spoiler alert: The USAF should still be weighted towards traditional mission aircraft, augmented and supported by disaggregated, simple-function, autonomous platforms. First, what is a disaggregated SoS approach? Think decomposing all the individual functions of combat operations into individual platforms - probably CCA. E.g., each step of the kill chain would each be its own CCA. Find would be a CCA - Fix and track its own CCA - Target its own CCA - Engage (the weapons employment) its own... and so forth. If one node gets attrited by the adversary, the others are still in the battlespace and can mesh with quickly with other nodes to keep kill chains alive to achieve resilient effects. There are reasons why disaggregated SoS present an opportunity for advantage: with enough quantity, this approach offers survivability, resilience in function, complicates the adversary's targeting problems, and can offer off-axis and multi-static options to close kill chains. BUT, a disaggregated SoS is completely dependent on comms. Break or degrade the links, and you paralyze the system. Nothing can operate. This also increases attack surface. Systems do not require 100% attrition to lose effectiveness - about 20% may be sufficient to grind the system to a halt. This approach is insanely complex to manage and orchestrate, which may induce more fog and friction than necessary. Integration and interoperability are problems, especially when one considers upgrades and modernization. And, finally, a disaggregated SoS - to be effective and resilient - is expensive. Each function has its own airplane. And, you have to buy the all the things in super-high quantities to achieve the desired qualities and advantages. When has the USAF actually bought the planned quantities of anything?? Traditional mission aircraft will continue to provide resilience in the battlespace because they host their entire system on the same platform - they can execute their mission through attrition. And - importantly - traditional mission aircraft are proven and mature concepts. We have the experienced warfighters who know how to employ and execute their mission. Disaggregated SoS are still just exciting, wicked, hard, and unproven science experiments. So what is the right balance? There are clearly nuances to all of this - it's not absolute anything. We do need disaggregated SoS, CCA, AND we NEED proven, mature, traditional mission aircraft. I would argue that the balance should favor traditional mission aircraft, augmented by disaggregated SoS/CCA.
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🗓️ 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗦𝗢𝗢𝗡: Oct. 10 Schriever Spacepower Series: Maj. Gen. Devin R. Pepper—Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Plans and Policy, Allied Command Transformation, NATO’s Strategic Warfare Development Command REGISTER👉 https://lnkd.in/ep8DBigk #AirForce #USAF #Airman #SpaceForce #Guardian
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📡 𝗣𝗢𝗗𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗧: Episode 203...The Rendezvous— Mitchell Dean Lt Gen David A. Deptula talks about the importance of maintaining a robust nuclear deterrent. MORE: https://lnkd.in/eK5HFaYd #AirForce #USAF #Airman #SpaceForce #Guardian
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Victus Surgo and Victus Salo, as the new missions are called, will offer new wrinkles to the “Tactically Responsive Space” (TacRS) effort by testing a new system for maneuvering in orbit and aiming not just at low-Earth orbit but geosynchronous orbit as well.
Tactically Responsive Space Missions to Demo Maneuver in Orbit
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📡 𝗣𝗢𝗗𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗧: Airpower is a fundamentally agile, dynamic force. That requires a highly skilled, team-oriented set of capabilities. Listen to learn more about contingency response airmen are at the heart of the effort. FULL EPISODE: https://lnkd.in/eiraWqUf #AirForce #USAF #Airman #SpaceForce #Guardian
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Leidos initiated the Small Cruise Missile design in 2021, building off its experience with the GBU-69 Small Glide Munition—which equips the AC-130–and X-61 Gremlins program with the Defense Advanced Projects Agency. #AirForce #USAF #Airman #SpaceForce #Guardian
Leidos: 'Black Arrow' Small Cruise Missile Ready for Flight Test
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