Watch Air Force Maj. Gen. Andrew J. Gebara, director of strategic plans, programs, and requirements at Headquarters Air Force Global Strike Command; USAF Brig. Gen. Heath A. Collins, program executive officer for weapons and director of the Armament Directorate at the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center; James Weber, senior scientist for hypersonics at the Air Force Research Laboratory; Michael White, principal director of hypersonics in the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research & Engineering; and moderator Michael R. Gregg, director of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Aerospace Systems Directorate, take part in the “Mission Domain Live Engagement—Hypersonics” session from AFA’s 2021 virtual Aerospace Warfare Symposium.
As with previous stealth aircraft unveilings, the Air Force’s imagery of the F-47 Next-Generation Air Dominance fighter has been doctored to keep adversaries guessing about its true shaping and design philosophy.