Air Force General Discusses Integrated Capabilities Command for F-47 and B-21 Development

Integrated Capabilities Command for Future Aircraft

• 🎯 The Integrated Capabilities Command (ICC) was activated to integrate requirements, development, and emerging capabilities for modernizing the Air Force.
• 💡 The ICC's vision is to understand mission threads and ensure new platforms integrate with existing systems like C3, battle management, and crypto modernization.
• 🚀 Its goal is to achieve an operational outcome rather than just a performance parameter, ensuring new platforms contribute to better combat outcomes for aircraft like the F-47 and B-21.
• 💰 The command aims to help the Air Force make better use of every dollar by prioritizing ideas that improve overall mission performance, not just individual platform enhancements.
• 🛠️ While currently in a provisional status, the ICC will eventually consolidate federated capability development efforts from various locations to define a unified Air Force force design.

Software Integration and Industry Collaboration

• 💻 The ICC ensures software engineers and technical experts are tightly linked with agile development to assess technical feasibility of new ideas.
• 🤝 It provides a one-stop shop for industry to present new designs and products, guiding investment in technologies that align with future force design.

Multi-Domain Warfare Training Challenges

• ⚠️ A concern is raised about the lack of training space for integrating all domains in multi-domain warfare, especially with faster aircraft and longer-range missiles.
• ✈️ The need for cost-effective pilot training and the ability to engage in contested electronic warfare environments is highlighted.

Arizona Training Range Integration

• 🗺️ Discussions are ongoing about stitching together training ranges in Arizona (and New Mexico) to create a larger, more comprehensive multi-domain operational area.
• 🔗 The goal is to connect ranges like Goldwater, Outlaw, Jackal, and White Sands Missile Range to enable longer-range training, reducing reliance on over-ocean exercises.
• 🗣️ Conversations with the FAA are crucial but have not yet occurred at a joint force level, though the Air Force has had some discussions.
• 📈 An update on the progress of integrating these training areas is requested within a few months.