Maintaining Technology Superiority for the United States Air Force (MTS) Abstract
Abstract
(Abstract only) The U.S. Air Force has generally had asymmetric technology advantages over our nations adversaries for several decades; however, in recent years, some near-peer adversaries have invested significantly in their warfighting capabilities, seeking to gain technology parity and even superiority over U.S. Air Force capabilities. Adversaries can now substantially challenge U.S. dominance over air, space, and cyberspace. In some cases they are supplying other nations with these capabilities which presents a broader challenge to Air Force technology superiority. The Secretary of the Air Force therefore tasked the U.S. Air Force Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) to conduct a study on "Maintaining Technology Superiority for the U.S. Air Force." The study sought to provide a clearer understanding of how the Air Force can maintain, and in some cases regain, technology superiority to provide it asymmetric warfighting advantages against potential adversaries. The study identifies those technologies that will be most critical to winning wars in 2030 Anti-Access/Area Denial (A2/AD) environments, and shows how they can be integrated and employed in a coordinated cross-domain manner to provide technologically superior warfighting capabilities.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 31, 2018
- Accession Number
- AD1147290