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Tod Wolters at a June 9 event hosted by the Atlantic Council. He stressed the objective of \u201cstrategic transparency and alignment\u201d as nations craft their future defense plans, including developments of futuristic aerial weapons in the United States and Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThose activities are ongoing, and I\u2019m very excited about what is happening in that dimension,\u201d Wolters said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are three major thrusts underway within NATO to develop sixth-generation aircraft, though it\u2019s still an open question how closely those weapons will ultimately resemble traditional planes. The U.S. program goes by the name <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/smr\/air-force-priorities\/2021\/02\/26\/air-force-general-worried-us-wont-field-sixth-gen-fighter-in-time-to-beat-china\/\">Next Generation Air Dominance<\/a>; the British are working on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2021\/05\/25\/british-team-tempest-is-itching-to-enter-new-fighter-design-phase-this-summer\/\">Tempest<\/a>; and France, Germany and Spain have the Future Combat Air System, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2021\/05\/17\/new-trinational-deal-paves-way-for-fcas-demonstrator-program\/\">FCAS<\/a>, in store. All of those efforts include separate activities aimed at fielding new drones, weapons, sensors and command-and-control architectures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wolters\u2019 comments echo a sense of common purpose in defense among Western allies that sometimes gets lost in defense-industrial infighting. In Europe, top political leaders in France and Germany have had to mask serious working-level FCAS disagreements with rosy talk about the Franco-German defense partnership. All the while, the British Tempest program is proceeding in parallel despite widespread acknowledgment that Europe cannot support two such developments in the long run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the sixth-generation air weapons are still years away, Wolters said the American fifth-generation F-35 jets have yet to reach their full potential in fusing customer nations\u2019 military capabilities. Notably, he described the aircraft\u2019s battle-support features \u2014 like early-warning and command-and-control \u2014 rather than the jets\u2019 advertised combat or stealth prowess as the decisive force multiplier across national air forces. 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