In a parting letter on Jan. 19, U.S. Air Force acquisition chief Will Roper urged the service tosustain a risk-taking approach toward advanced technologies to put the U.S. first in itscompetition with China."Strides in agile software, rapid prototyping, digital engineering, internet-like interconnectivity,artificial intelligence, commercial technology and private investment, sustainment innovation--and even correcting a few genetic defects like dependence on Russian rockets and the KC-46tanker--are just a few examples of how fast and agile you can be in an ecosystem bigger thanconventional defense procurement," he wrote. "Celerity and agility are greater weapons, andmore to be feared in future militaries, than any system they could build."
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