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AFMC Wants to More Than Halve System Delivery Times

AFMC Wants to More Than Halve System Delivery Times
Airmen conduct a post-attack reconnaissance sweep during a Ready Airmen Training (RAT) event at Hill AFB, Utah on Oct. 26. The RAT program, part of the Air Force's new Force Generation deployment model to counter advanced technology adversaries, is to train airmen over 18 month cycles, rather than just after airmen have received deployment orders (U.S. Air Force Photo)

U.S. Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) wants to more than halve system delivery times and to address any obstacles to that acceleration through a new Digital Acceleration Task Force (DATF). “The U.S. takes an average of 16 years to deliver a new operational capability, whereas China takes less than seven," Lt. Col. Ryan Pospisal, the deputy director of DATF, said in an Oct. 27 AFMC release. "Our competitors out-pace and out-deliver us. We need to accelerate our capability delivery timelines…

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