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Sonoran Security Forum: Arizona's National Security Nexus Forging Strategic Foresight The Sonoran Security Forum: Arizona's Nexus for National Security Innovation & Analysis Leveraging Arizona's unique assets to anticipate and address future U.S. national security challenges. Arizona's Aerospace & Defense: A National Economic Engine Arizona's Aerospace and Defense (A&D) sector is a critical driver of the state's economy and a vital contributor to U.S. national security, generating substantial economic output, supporting a highly skilled workforce, and fostering innovation. $72.87B Total Annual Economic Output 167,214 Jobs Supporte...

The Unmanned Edge: A Future Force Package for the Western Pacific

  The Unmanned Edge: A Future Force Package for the Western Pacific 1. Executive Summary: The Triad of Unmanned Dominance in the Western Pacific In a hypothetical near-future conflict over Taiwan, circa 2030-2035, the United States would confront a mature and formidable Anti-Access/Area Denial (A2/AD) environment meticulously constructed by the People's Liberation Army (PLA). To effectively project power and maintain strategic objectives within such a contested battlespace, a fundamental shift in force package composition and operational doctrine is envisioned. This report details a three-tiered unmanned force package, a synergistic network of specialized Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), designed to penetrate, sense, disrupt, and sustain operations within China's A2/AD bubble. At the vanguard of this triad is a high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) stealth reconnaissance platform, notionally designated "RQ-X Ghost Bat" (akin to the RQ-180). This asset is engineered for d...