Air Force Materiel Command is establishing a new organization within the Air Force Sustainment Center to facilitate software engineering collaboration throughout the enterprise. The AFSC Software Engineering directorate will consolidate the three
MoreAir Force Secretary Frank Kendall called on Congress to support a legislative proposal that would authorize the Department of Defense to begin work on “new start” programs before securing congressional approval in
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The U.S. Air Force’s Business and Enterprise Systems Product Innovation team has unveiled a user experience monitoring service designed to enable software developers to quantify product issues and performance. BESPIN’s UEM service
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The Department of Defense Manufacturing Technology Program held a meet-and-greet event on Wednesday exhibiting more than 85 production innovations developed in the United States. The show featured technologies from the program’s nine
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Frank Kendall, secretary of the U.S. Air Force and a 2023 Wash100 awardee, has requested the service’s Scientific Advisory Board to examine the potential military applications of generative artificial intelligence, such as
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The U.S. Air Force’s MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft has carried out its first landing on a dirt landing zone as part of a training exercise held at the Nine Mile Training
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The U.S. Air Force’s innovation arm is planning to establish a proving ground dedicated to testing and experimenting with autonomous technologies and capabilities, Breaking Defense reported Thursday. Lt. Col. Bryan Ralston, lead
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Research engineers at the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate have developed an augmented reality system for nondestructive inspections of military aircraft. The Augmented Reality for Nondestructive Evaluation was designed
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Air Force Materiel Command has released a white paper detailing its approach to accelerating the acquisition materiel lifecycle to deliver the latest warfighting capabilities. The document, titled “Digital Materiel Management: An Accelerated
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Raytheon Technologies has successfully tested a palletized high-energy laser weapon for the U.S. Air Force. Assessed over multiple days of continuous live-fire exercises, the weapon marks the fourth operational laser weapon system Raytheon has
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