Software Split Key To Future Fighter Designs, USAF Chief says

Steve Trimble Brian Everstine April 13, 2022
NGAD concept
Credit: Lockheed Martin
Flight controls and mission systems for the next U.S. Air Force fighter will be designed to use separate software instructions, Gen. Charles Brown told reporters April 12. The original versions of the F-35 and F-22 featured an electronics architecture that relied on tightly integrated software...
Steve Trimble

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

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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