JBER debuts innovation project during Polar Force 21-5
The team, which was led by Capt. Jamey Shuls, 773rd Logistics Readiness Squadron director of operations, designed and conceptualized URSUS in partnership with the air staff’s Tesseract innovation team and Air Force Research Laboratory.
Nellis AFB is ‘centerpiece’ for Air Force modernization
Warfighters at Nellis Air Force Base are helping the Air Force build a more integrated and lethal force through Advanced Battle Management System development, the Air Force’s network solution to enable rapid decision-making that powers Joint All-Domain…
ABMS aims to revolutionize data flow, speed decisions
The ABMS acquisition effort will leverage commercial technologies, infrastructure, and data sharing best practices to deliver modernized operational capability to the joint warfighter.
VCSAF meets with accelerators of change in Boston
Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin arrived at Logan International Airport on Monday and stepped off the aircraft with an extra sense of urgency. His flight wasn’t late, nor was he running behind schedule for his meeting in downtown Boston….
2020 Vice Chief’s Challenge winners announced
The challenge, which launched in February 2020, focused on identifying time-consuming tasks that provide the least direct value to generating combat effects; proposing innovative solutions to streamline current processes through the novel application o…
Digital, Network Directorates gear up for Air Force ‘Digital Wingman” competition
The Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence and Networks Directorate will co-lead the Air Force-wide “Building Digital Wingman Challenge” that arms participants with the tools to program a robotic work horse that can take over repetitive compute…
4th CMS hydraulics Airmen design, use apparatus to test stabilator actuators
The F-15E Strike Eagle depends on many parts to maintain operational status. One mission critical part is the stabilator actuator. Without this part, the F-15E cannot fly. The hydraulic actuator, which moves the stabilator of an F-15E, defects collecti…
Spark Tank 2021 finalists announced
It’s been nearly a year since Master Sgt. Gabriel Valenzuela, Capt. David Coyle and 1st Lt. Adam Treece were selected as co-winners of Spark Tank 2020 for their Smart Weapons Loading Checklist and Low-Cost Threat Emitter concepts.
AI Copilot: Air Force achieves first military flight with artificial intelligence
Signaling a major leap forward for national defense in the digital age, the Air Force flew with artificial intelligence as a working aircrew member onboard a military aircraft for the first time Dec. 15.
gatewayONE and attritableONE test moves joint force one step closer to “IoT.mil,” demonstrates F-22, F-35 first secure bi-directional data sharing
This test was the latest demonstration of the transformative warfighting impact of the open architecture underpinning the Advanced Battle Management System.