Replicating Threats in Operational Test and Training Infrastructure: The Investment Required to Keep Pace with Adversary Threat Generation

There are concerns that the rate at which China and Russia can field new technologies exceeds the rate at which the U.S. Air Force can replicate those technologies in operational test and training infrastructure (OTTI). The authors of this report estimate the rate at which China and Russia field new threats and examine the costs and benefits of keeping Air Force OTTI at pace with new adversary capabilities.