Why Hypersonics? Why Now?
Nicole PetrucciDisruptive TechnologyComments are off for this post
Nicole Petrucci
Nicole Petrucci
Editor-in-Chief at Angle of Attack
Space cadet, combat knitter, kitty lover.
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With the recent push for hypersonics, and the associated “breakthroughs” in their development, one could be forgiven for thinking hypersonics is something new.  It isn’t.  The United States had boost-glide hypersonic aircraft in the mid-60s. The USAF made a conscious decision to NOT field hypersonic aircraft decades ago.  So why bring it back now? What […]

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Too Many Dollars, Not Enough Sense: Acquisition Case Studies (PART 2)
Nicole PetrucciAcquisitionsComments are off for this post
Nicole Petrucci
Nicole Petrucci
Editor-in-Chief at Angle of Attack
Space cadet, combat knitter, kitty lover.
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Tactical Fighter Experimental The Air Force and the Department of Defense were created amid a time of massive military drawdowns and shrinking budgets. However, nuclear weapons, nuclear strategy, and their associated systems were impervious to this drawdown. In the 1950s and 1960s, nuclear strategy permeated every area of the military, as the services must train, […]

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Too Many Dollars, Not Enough Sense: Acquisition Case Studies (PART 1)
Christopher BuckleyStrategyComments are off for this post
Christopher Buckley
Christopher Buckley
Content and Production Editor at Angle of Attack
Bomb dropper, High Desert dweller, baller.
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“Seldom in the course of military development have opinions been so conflicting as in the acquisition of this revolutionary aircraft.”[1] This is a quote from Congress. If you have been following big dollar military acquisition programs, particularly the F‑35, this quote should not surprise you. F‑35 has been controversial to say the least. There have […]

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Cheap Space Launch Optional: The Truth about Cheap Rockets for the USAF
Nicole PetrucciAcquisitions, HistoryComments are off for this post
Nicole Petrucci
Nicole Petrucci
Editor-in-Chief at Angle of Attack
Space cadet, combat knitter, kitty lover.
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In a recent article at DoD Buzz, Oriana Pawlyk asked: “Why Doesn’t the Air Force Use Cheap, Re-Usable Rockets?”[1] Air Power Strategy even re-tweeted her article because it is a spectacular question, one that requires more analysis. It is debatable whether cheap access to space is a good thing. After considering the history, budget, policy […]

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Old Dog, New Engines: The Truth about a B-52 Re-Engine
Christopher BuckleyAcquisitionsComments are off for this post
Christopher Buckley
Christopher Buckley
Content and Production Editor at Angle of Attack
Bomb dropper, High Desert dweller, baller.
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It seems that the USAF cannot get through a year without being inundated with calls to replace the engines on the B-52. Recent calls from Air Force Global Strike Command,[1] Boeing, General Electric[2] and Pratt & Whitney[3] have renewed the vigor of the program despite the general lack of funding and enthusiasm for large dollar […]

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Redefining Space Policy – A New Strategic Context
Nicole PetrucciStrategyComments are off for this post
Nicole Petrucci
Nicole Petrucci
Editor-in-Chief at Angle of Attack
Space cadet, combat knitter, kitty lover.
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When President Kennedy declared the US intention to send men to the moon, he single-handedly defined the strategic context of space.  Space was no longer a physics problem; it was now a Cold War problem.  Starting in 1958 and explicitly stated in 1961, “space” became synonymous with national prestige, national security, and to some, national […]

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Is Speed the New Stealth?
Nicole PetrucciStrategyComments are off for this post
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Nicole Petrucci
Editor-in-Chief at Angle of Attack
Space cadet, combat knitter, kitty lover.
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Recently at Angle of Attack, a journal of Air Power Strategy, feature author Chris Buckley identified the underlying assumptions of why the nuclear-armed cruise missile was and remains necessary. While Buckley claims this new cruise missile must be nuclear-armed, there is a pathway to a new cruise missile that will achieve all of the strategic […]

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