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The Mitchell Institute hosts some of the most senior leaders and thought influencers of the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, and Department of Defense for an intimate hour-long discussion on the pressing issues of the hour as well as long-term strategic visions. The live sessions are attended by a broad swath of individuals from the Department of Defense, Capitol Hill, defense industry, and academia who influence defense policy and budget, and they receive wide press coverage.
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Tuesday Nov 30, 2021
Affordable Mass: The Need for a Cost-Effective PGM Mix for Great Power Conflict
Tuesday Nov 30, 2021
Tuesday Nov 30, 2021
Listen to the Mitchell Institute’s rollout for our policy paper: Affordable Mass: The Need for a Cost-Effective PGM Mix for Great Power Conflict by Col Mark Gunzinger (Ret), Director of Future Concepts and Capability Assessments. Maj Gen Jason R. Armagost, Director of Strategic Plans, Programs and Requirements, Air Force Global Strike Command joins Gunzinger to discuss why the Air Force must develop a “5th generation weapons inventory for a 5th generation force” that will maintain the nation’s precision strike advantage against America’s strategic competitors.
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Monday Nov 29, 2021
Spacepower Forum: Lt Gen B. Chance Saltzman
Monday Nov 29, 2021
Monday Nov 29, 2021
The Mitchell Institute invites you to listern to our virtual Spacepower Forum event with Lt Gen B. Chance Saltzman, Deputy Chief of Space Operations for Operations, Cyber, and Nuclear, United States Space Force. Lt Gen Saltzman joins us to discuss the challenges posed by adversary space developments, the continued development of Space Force into operations, and the service’s top priorities. General Kevin P. Chilton (Ret), Explorer Chair for Space Warfighting Studies at MI-SPARC, moderates the discussion and facilitates audience Q&A.
Friday Nov 19, 2021
Reimagining the MQ-9 Reaper
Friday Nov 19, 2021
Friday Nov 19, 2021
The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies invites you to check out the release of its new policy paper. Reimagining the MQ-9 Reaper, by Maj Gen Larry Stutzriem, USAF (Ret.), Director of Research, on Friday, November 19, 2021, at 10:00 AM EST. Gen Stutzriem will be joined for a panel discussion by Bryan Clark, Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for Defense Concepts and Technology at Hudson Institute, Todd Harrison, Director, Defense Budget Analysis at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and Caitlin Lee, Associate Director, Acquisition and Technology Policy Center, RAND Corporation.
For the past two decades, Air Force remotely piloted aircraft, including the MQ-9 Reaper, operated in a narrow band of applications in regions like Afghanistan and Iraq. With the rise of peer competitors like China and Russia, threats posed by nuclear ambitious North Korea and Iran, and continuous challenges driven by non-state actors like ISIS and al Qaeda, the U.S. now faces an extremely broad set of threats—all are surging. However, the Air Force is stretched thin with an aircraft inventory that is both old and small, and resources ahead look strained. The Air Force must examine the potential for new uses of the MQ-9 across the threat spectrum. Whether helping protect bases, adding counter maritime capability, continuing to engage terrorist threats, or protecting the homeland, these aircraft are engines of innovation in the hands of Air Force’s most innovative airmen. While the Reaper will not survive over the most defended regions, it can perform critical missions to deter and check adversary actions. Bottom line, aircraft like the MQ-9 are available in plentiful numbers, are relatively new, enjoy low hourly operating costs, and afford a broad range of sensor-shooter capabilities without placing airmen at risk. Reimagining the Reaper in new ways can help fill capability and capacity gaps.
Tuesday Nov 16, 2021
Aerospace Nation: From EMD to Milestone C and Beyond
Tuesday Nov 16, 2021
Tuesday Nov 16, 2021
The Mitchell Institute’s rollout for our newest forum paper: From EMD to Milestone C and Beyond: Common Issues that Affect Developmental Programs Transitioning into Production with report author Lt Gen Mark Shackelford, USAF (Ret) as well as Randall Walden, Director and Program Executive Officer for the Department of the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office and Maj Gen Dwyer Dennis, USAF (Ret), Former Program Executive Officer for C3I and Networks.
DOD and Air Force leaders are unanimous that the United States must be able to deliver critical capabilities rapidly and at affordable costs to maintain deterrence in an era of intensifying great power competition. Unfortunately, past acquisition programs, and particularly aircraft development programs, have often failed to deliver desired capabilities on time and budget. In this timely study, Gen Shackelford examines eight aircraft development programs that encountered challenges at Milestone C, the critical transition period from development to production. He identifies several common issues and offers key insights which may aid future programs to adopt a realistic and proactive approach to delivering needed capabilities on budget and schedule.