BLUF
The world of air combat is shifting fast. Large drones, stalled upgrades, and diverging partnerships signal change. Capability now depends on integration, sustainment, and political alignment—not just new aircraft entering service.Learning Outcomes
- Understand how airpower advantage depends on integration, sustainment, and decision speed.
- Recognise how alliance choices shape capability risk and long-term force options.
- Assess how uncrewed systems alter assumptions about cost, mass, and survivability.
