Air Force Reverses Course on Integrated Capabilities Command - Breaking Defense

Air Force spikes plans to stand up command focused on competing with China

The Air Force has spiked plans to activate a new command that was pitched as a key part of the service’s efforts to modernize its capabilities and stay competitive against China in a future conflict.  Ending the creation of a permanent Integrated Capabilities Command—a major command slated to be led by a three-star general focused on modernizing and prioritizing the service’s future acquisitions—reverses a key initiative by former Air Force Secr…

Air Force reverses course on Integrated Capabilities Command - Breaking Defense

The decision creates a new Chief Modernization Officer, but deals a blow to a key initiative started under the Biden administration to change how the service sets requirements for buying weapon systems.

Department of Air Force to Scrap Integrated Capabilities Command, Create Chief Modernization Officer Position - Defense Daily

In February last year during the last 11 months of the Biden administration, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin announced that the service would create an Integrated Capabilities […]