Building Combat Mass: Air Commodore Edwards on How NATO Is Preparing Fighter Forces for the Future
As NATO adapts to an increasingly contested security environment, combat air readiness depends on far more than advanced aircraft. Resilience, interoperability, industrial capacity and the ability to generate and sustain combat power at scale are becoming increasingly critical. Ahead of the International Fighter Conference 2026, Air Commodore Howard Edwards, DCOS Force Preparedness at NATO AIRCOM, discusses what "building combat mass" means in practice, from integrating crewed and uncrewed aircraft and balancing fourth-, fifth- and sixth-generation capabilities to strengthening coalition interoperability and the industrial base that underpins combat air power.
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