Airmen and Guardians now have their own free generative artificial intelligence chatbot that can interact in a "human-like" manner, helping them with communications, task completion, and online coding like ChatGPT—but on a secure system. The Air Force and Space Force launched the Non-classified Internet Protocol ...
F-22s at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., ran third-party software during a test flight, a first for the Air Force’s fifth-generation fighters and a key milestone in the service’s quest to acquire and rapidly deploy cutting-edge technologies. The announcement from Air Combat Command also noted ...
Eric Schmidt, former CEO of Google and former chair of the Pentagon's Defense Innovation Board, delivered a keynote address at the AFA Warfare Symposium followed by a conversation with retired Lt. Gen. Bruce ”Orville” Wright, president of the Air Force Association. Watch the video or read ...
The Defense Department needs to upgrade its IT, add more software specialists, and empower certain programs to be more innovative—especially when it comes to artificial intelligence, the former CEO of Google said March 3. Eric Schmidt, who led Google and its parent company Alphabet from ...
The Department of the Air Force’s annual Spark Tank competition takes place March 4, when six teams will take to the stage at the AFA Warfare Symposium in Orlando, Fla. Each team will pitch the most senior leaders in the Air and Space Forces on ...
To build aircraft and weapons systems that are cybersecure by design and hardened against hacking during development, the Air Force plans to take the radical new DevSecOps approach it has pioneered in its software factories and apply it to avionics hardware and embedded systems.
Paper-based processes are giving way to digital solutions across the military, but the transition from spreadsheets to apps can be tricky. One reason many programs go off the rails is that contractors and IT departments try to reinvent the wheel rather than leverage available solutions. ...
The Air Force is considering whether senior military officers without technical experience or skills should continue to be put in charge of advanced technology acquisition programs following a blistering resignation letter from the service’s chief software officer earlier this month. Nicolas M. Chaillan, who had ...
At a session presented at the cyber conference DEF CON last week, The Aerospace Corp’s top cybersecurity expert briefed attendees about the growing problem of closed-source, proprietary software in commercial spacecraft. Such programs are difficult to test for vulnerabilities that could let a hacker break ...
American military forces used a large-scale training exercise in the Pacific this month to experiment with new ways of commanding troops as part of the Air Force’s Advanced Battle Management System effort. The Air Force’s third ABMS demonstration, known as an “on-ramp,” quietly unfolded Sept. ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif.—The Space Force’s Combined Space Operations Center here is finding its rhythm with “Section 31,” a software coding team tasked with regularly rolling out new space command and control apps. “Right now, onboarding new tools is a full-time job,” CSpOC boss ...
An Air Force-affiliated technology accelerator on Jan. 24 named the startups chosen to participate in 2020, its third group since 2018. The “Air Force Accelerator Powered by Techstars” program picks small businesses that offer products that can benefit troops as well as a broad swath ...