Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James has directed a new study examining the technologies and industrial capacity needed to support plans for a penetrating counterair capability in the 2030 time frame, an assessment slated to be complete in 2017 and expected to influence a planned analysis of alternatives for a project informally known as a sixth-generation fighter. On Oct. 27, the Air Force published a summary of the tasking memo directing the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board to conduct a...
