Debrief: Once-Self-Parodic 'Lightning Bolt’ Charts May Already Be Reality

Lockheed Martin Sniper Networked Targeting Pod (NTP)

The Lockheed Martin Sniper Networked Targeting Pod at the Dubai Airshow.

Credit: Steve Trimble/Aviation Week Network
DUBAI—In the category of defense-themed PowerPoint presentations, the seemingly mandatory “lightning bolt” slide long ago achieved the status of self-parody. As the military version of a “system of systems” concept evolved, a generation of military presenters seemingly felt obliged to insert such a...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington, DC.

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