Converging U.S. Air Force Modernization Plans Face A Funding Wall

Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works

Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works is designing an optionally crewed tanker concept as the Air Force finishes its analysis for a future program.

Credit: Lockheed Martin Concept
The U.S. Air Force has outlined a plan to do modernization differently this year, creating a new structure by moving the requirements process out of its major commands and into one streamlined group. A major problem already is limiting the plan’s progress: funding. The Air Force has three coalescing...
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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