USAF’s ‘Franklin’ Low-Cost Cruise Missile Concept Seeks ‘Respect’

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When a potential adversary’s radar picks up numerous inbound cruise missiles, each target needs to be tracked and treated as a major threat. In a word, the targets need “Respect.” That is the thinking behind a new U.S. Air Force collaboration with the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) called the...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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