https://asksendai.com/tags/usasf/ Recent content in Usasf on Ask Sendai Hugo en-us Wed, 16 Sep 2026 13:03:34 +0000 https://asksendai.com/post/2026/03/16/troy-meink/ Wed, 16 Sep 2026 13:03:34 +0000 https://asksendai.com/post/2026/03/16/troy-meink/ <figure><img src="https://spaceinsight.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/meink-air-space-force-modernization.jpg" alt="Troy Meink’s Affordable Air and Space Force Modernization Plan"> </figure> <p> Troy Meink outlines how autonomous aircraft, distributed satellites and acquisition reform could reshape the U.S. Air and Space Forces by 2032. The Department of the Air Force is preparing for a battlefield transformed by autonomous systems, artificial intelligence and rapidly evolving threats. Secretary Troy Meink says the answer is not simply to spend more, but to acquire differently, field greater numbers of lower-cost systems and push authority closer to those responsible for delivery. </p>