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Air Force says F-47 will use government-owned mission systems to speed upgrades; CCAs to augment fighters
Summary
General testimony described a new acquisition approach for the Next Generation Air Dominance F‑47 program that centers government ownership of mission systems to allow faster, software‑driven upgrades and enable common mission systems across collaborative combat aircraft (CCAs).
Air Force leaders told the Senate Armed Services Committee the Next Generation Air Dominance program’s F‑47 will follow a new acquisition approach aimed at giving the service greater control of mission systems so upgrades can move at software speed rather than through lengthy hardware cycles.
“We have insourced more. We have more of the ownership of the tech base. We are guided by a government reference architecture, so we…
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