Heather Penney

Quantum computers promise unparalleled computing power, enabling encryption-breaking and problem-solving on a scale and speed not possible today.

For the U.S. Air Force to maintain its kill chain advantage, it must evolve its kill chains to counter adversary strategies to break them. 

Air Force leaders today are making significant decisions about the future force, betting on the promise of autonomous collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) as a means to increase the Air Force’s combat capacity.

It's time to fix the perception of RPA exportation.

A framework for understanding and developing autonomy in unmanned aircraft. The Air Force is rapidly evolving new concepts for teaming manned fighters and bombers with autonomous unmanned aircraft to perform strikes, counter-air, electronic warfare, and other missions.

USAF is ill-prepared to absorb combat losses in a peer fight.

Introducing unknowns to how adversaries understand U.S. operations can throw a wrench into adversarial decision-making.

America needs an offset strategy built on speed, adaptability and a robust, dynamic aerospace industry.

It's time to stop giving China a helping hand.

The case for a new version of the F-22, reborn with the brains of the F-35.

Designing a new way of war to restore America’s military competitiveness.

The case for 5th generation fighters is built on all-aspect stealth; superior aerodynamic performance; advanced automated sensors; and the power of automated information fusion.