The U.S. Air Force has secretly designed, built and flown at least one prototype of its enigmatic next-generation fighter jet, the service’s top acquisition official confirmed to Defense News on Sept. 14.https://www.defensenews.com/breaking...e-fighter-jet/
The development is certain to shock the defense community, which last saw the first flight of an experimental fighter during the battle for the Joint Strike Fighter contract 20 years ago. With the Air Force’s future fighter program still in its infancy, the rollout and successful first flight of a demonstrator was not expected for years.
“We’ve already built and flown a full-scale flight demonstrator in the real world, and we broke records in doing it,” Will Roper told Defense News in an exclusive interview ahead of the Air Force Association’s Air, Space and Cyber Conference. “We are ready to go and build the next-generation aircraft in a way that has never happened before.”
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The importance, Roper said, is that just a year after the service completed an analysis of alternatives, the Air Force has proven it can use cutting-edge advanced manufacturing techniques to build and test a virtual version of its next fighter — and then move to constructing a full-scale prototype and flying it with mission systems onboard.
“This is not just something that you can apply to things that are simple systems” like Boeing’s T-7 Red Hawk trainer jet, the first Air Force aircraft to be built using the “holy trinity” of digital engineering, agile software development and open architecture, Roper said.
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Leaders found that by applying digital manufacturing and development practices — as used by the T-7 program, as well as in the development of the NGAD prototype — it could drop the total life cycle cost of a next-gen fighter by 10 percent over 30 years compared to legacy fighters like the F-35 and F-15, Roper wrote.
The U.S. Air Force has secretly designed, built and flown at least one prototype of its enigmatic next-generation fighter jet, the service’s top acquisition official confirmed to Defense News on Sept. 14.https://www.defensenews.com/breaking...e-fighter-jet/
The development is certain to shock the defense community, which last saw the first flight of an experimental fighter during the battle for the Joint Strike Fighter contract 20 years ago. With the Air Force’s future fighter program still in its infancy, the rollout and successful first flight of a demonstrator was not expected for years.
“We’ve already built and flown a full-scale flight demonstrator in the real world, and we broke records in doing it,” Will Roper told Defense News in an exclusive interview ahead of the Air Force Association’s Air, Space and Cyber Conference. “We are ready to go and build the next-generation aircraft in a way that has never happened before.”
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The importance, Roper said, is that just a year after the service completed an analysis of alternatives, the Air Force has proven it can use cutting-edge advanced manufacturing techniques to build and test a virtual version of its next fighter — and then move to constructing a full-scale prototype and flying it with mission systems onboard.
“This is not just something that you can apply to things that are simple systems” like Boeing’s T-7 Red Hawk trainer jet, the first Air Force aircraft to be built using the “holy trinity” of digital engineering, agile software development and open architecture, Roper said.
...
Leaders found that by applying digital manufacturing and development practices — as used by the T-7 program, as well as in the development of the NGAD prototype — it could drop the total life cycle cost of a next-gen fighter by 10 percent over 30 years compared to legacy fighters like the F-35 and F-15, Roper wrote.
The U.S. Air Force has secretly designed, built and flown at least one prototype of its enigmatic next-generation fighter jet, the service’s top acquisition official confirmed to Defense News on Sept. 14.https://www.defensenews.com/breaking...e-fighter-jet/
The development is certain to shock the defense community, which last saw the first flight of an experimental fighter during the battle for the Joint Strike Fighter contract 20 years ago. With the Air Force’s future fighter program still in its infancy, the rollout and successful first flight of a demonstrator was not expected for years.
“We’ve already built and flown a full-scale flight demonstrator in the real world, and we broke records in doing it,” Will Roper told Defense News in an exclusive interview ahead of the Air Force Association’s Air, Space and Cyber Conference. “We are ready to go and build the next-generation aircraft in a way that has never happened before.”
...
The importance, Roper said, is that just a year after the service completed an analysis of alternatives, the Air Force has proven it can use cutting-edge advanced manufacturing techniques to build and test a virtual version of its next fighter — and then move to constructing a full-scale prototype and flying it with mission systems onboard.
“This is not just something that you can apply to things that are simple systems” like Boeing’s T-7 Red Hawk trainer jet, the first Air Force aircraft to be built using the “holy trinity” of digital engineering, agile software development and open architecture, Roper said.
...
Leaders found that by applying digital manufacturing and development practices — as used by the T-7 program, as well as in the development of the NGAD prototype — it could drop the total life cycle cost of a next-gen fighter by 10 percent over 30 years compared to legacy fighters like the F-35 and F-15, Roper wrote.
As with any new construct, the process begins with the foundationBörjar likna det upplägg vi har i Sverige med ett FMV som tar rollen att äga konstruktionerna som köps in från tillverkare och sedan levereras till försvarsgrenarna.
on which it is built. Our Digital Foundation is the
infrastructure, policy, training, and culture that enables digital
acquisition, digital engineering, and e-Series.
A strong digital foundation, alone, is worthy of its own guide,
but one mostly for others to write. Thankfully, Air Force Materiel Command and Space Force Space Systems Command have already begun.
Department-wide infrastructure to provide tools and connectivity,
policies to democratize data and digital tools as underlying
technologies change, training to employ those tools effectively,
and the workforce culture to make it happen are all groundwork
tasks. Without them, there is nothing on which to build. Just like
its physical counterpart, a digital architecture begins with a
firm digital foundation.
As with any new construct, the process begins with the foundationBörjar likna det upplägg vi har i Sverige med ett FMV som tar rollen att äga konstruktionerna som sedan levereras till försvarsgrenarna.
on which it is built. Our Digital Foundation is the
infrastructure, policy, training, and culture that enables digital
acquisition, digital engineering, and e-Series.
A strong digital foundation, alone, is worthy of its own guide,
but one mostly for others to write. Thankfully, Air Force Materiel Command and Space Force Space Systems Command have already begun.
Department-wide infrastructure to provide tools and connectivity,
policies to democratize data and digital tools as underlying
technologies change, training to employ those tools effectively,
and the workforce culture to make it happen are all groundwork
tasks. Without them, there is nothing on which to build. Just like
its physical counterpart, a digital architecture begins with a
firm digital foundation.
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Swish: 123 536 99 96 Bankgiro: 211-4106