The Air Force is eyeing an investment of about $100 million in its vanguard programs -- which strive to accelerate transformational capabilities to the battlefield -- in fiscal year 2024 to meet the demands of the service's 2030 Science and Technology Strategy. The $100 million is just 4% of the $2.5 billion the Air Force wants to fund core S&T programs and a fraction of the $540 million the service is budgeting for transformational capability S&T research in FY-24, according...