The U.S. Air Force is working to integrate Secretary Frank Kendall’s seven operational imperatives, or OIs, to acquire new technologies, conduct research and face potential global threats in the modern battlefield. Timothy Grayson, special assistant to the Air Force secretary, discussed during the Potomac Officers Club’s 2024 Air Defense S...
The Department of the Air Force is currently undertaking multiple artificial intelligence-related initiatives, one of which is a generative AI chatbot called NIPRGPT. During her keynote address at the Potomac Officers Club’s 2024 Air Defense Summit, DAF Chief Information Officer Venice Goodwine shared how she’s approaching AI and gave ...
At the much-discussed current “strategic inflection point” the U.S. finds itself — considering geopolitical disturbances like the war in Ukraine and competition from the ‘pacing threat’ of China — achieving “cost-effective mass” is the most effective strategy for deterrence, argues Melissa Dalton, under secretary of the U.S. Air For...
The U.S. Air Force has issued two separate research announcements to meet the need for an artificial intelligence-based advanced tracking architecture and technologies supporting space domain awareness. The Air Force Research Laboratory plans to issue multiple awards in the form of procurement contracts or other transaction agreements to meet the tw...
Artificial intelligence has become a key driver of innovation and technological advancement both on and off the battlefield. The U.S. Air Force in particular has placed a heavy focus recently on adopting and integrating AI in multiple areas. Here are just a few of the Air Force’s key AI efforts: Gen AI Chatbots The Air...
The U.S. Air Force is exploring a wide range of new technologies and strategies to revolutionize the way it operates on the modern battlefield. To drive progress in its many ongoing initiatives – such as reoptimizing for great power competition, developing novel systems for the Next Generation Air Dominance program and advancing Air Force Secretar...
Merlin Labs has agreed to acquire EpiSys Science, a provider of tactical artificial intelligence software, in a move to expand the autonomous flight technology developer’s multidomain autonomy offerings for the defense market. EpiSci offers its Tactical AI platform for various Department of Defense initiatives including the AFWERX Autonomy Pri...
The Next Generation Air Dominance initiative is a major U.S. Air Force effort to create a sixth-generation “family of systems” that will supplant its current fleet of F-22 Raptor aircraft. Though many program specifics are still shrouded in secrecy, it is one of the service branch’s highest priorities. It is also a notable portion of...
KBR‘s (NYSE: KBR) government services business unit has secured a potential five-year, $99 million contract to help the Air Force Space Vehicles Directorate transition and integrate space domain awareness, battle management command and control and space enterprise capabilities. The Air Force Research Laboratory received one bid for the indefin...
General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) mission systems division has received a pair of U.S. Air Force contracts worth $279.3 million combined to help sustain and enhance the U.S. Battlefield Information Collection and Exploitation System. The company will provide a trusted network environment with cross-domain collaboration and information-sharing capab...
