With the declining numbers of Tornado, the German Air Force is closing its training facility in New Mexico. <
Todd Miller looks at the rationale behind the USAF experiment with varius light attack aircraft options.
The USAF leaderhip is touting the light attack aircraft competition as the harbinger of change.
One of the entrants in the USAF light attack aircraft experiment is from Textron Defense with its clean sheet build Light Combat Jet, multi-mission aircraft, the Scorpion.
While plenty of obituaries have been written to mark the death of traditional manufacturing in Australia for defence contractors their prospects are much brighter.
The F-35 fleet has flown more than 100,000 flight hours.
The 2017 Ford GT Supercar contains more code than the F-35.
If the shift is to build the kill web rather than buy stovepiped systems, the ability to manage software upgradeability in an agile manner is a crucial capability.