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full report is available for download on The Secretary of the Air Force and the Air and Space Forces service chiefs ordered the review June 2. The measure formalized a step that former Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. David Goldfein raised in an official note to commanders and other senior leaders on June 1 addressing an “apparent inequity in our application of military justice” among other issues. He stated, “We will not shy away from this; as leaders and as Airmen, we will own ou...

Air Force photograph by Airman 1st Class Stuart Bright Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein signs the Barksdale Air Force Base Weapons flag at the Weapons Load Training hangar at Barksdale AFB, La., Oct. 17, 2017. Goldfein met with Airmen throughout the day to discuss the nuclear mission and the role they perform to execute it. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein discussed the important role Barksdale Air Force Base Airmen perform in executing the nuclear deterrence and...

By   Theresa Hitchens on December 17, 2020 at 1:17 PM The Air Force’s THOR high-powered microwave weapon is designed to burn out swarms of attacking drones. WASHINGTON: The Air Force is testing its prototype drone-killing microwave, the Tactical High Power Microwave Operational Responder (THOR), “in a real-world setting” in Africa, says Richard Joseph, the Air Force’s chief scientist. Given how Iran and its proxies have used drone swarms, this would seem to be a good place to test wi...

AI co-pilots US Air Force spy plane for the first time The algorithm controlled a military system on a U-2 Dragon Lady US Air Force Shares An AI system has helped control a US military aircraft for the first time ever, the Air Force announced on Wednesday. The ARTUµ algorithm flew alongside a pilot aboard a U-2 Dragon Lady spy plane during a test flight on December 15. The system took control of sensor employment and ta...

Major Leap’: US Air Force Uses AI to Copilot Military Plane for First Time in History - Photos Subscribe Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/military/202012161081484547-major-leap-us-air-force-uses-ai-to-copilot-military-plane-for-first-time-in-history---photos/ Artificial intelligence (AI) refers to the ability of machines to conduct tasks that usually require human intelligence, such as learning from experience, making predictions, recognizing patterns and other problem-solving fu...

Artoo, take the wheel: U-2 spy plane flies for the first time with an AI co-pilot December 16, 2020 A U-2 spy plane prepares to land at Beale Air Force, Calif., on Dec. 15, 2020. The U-2 Federal Laboratory trained an AI co-pilot to execute specific in-flight tasks that would otherwise be done by the pilot. (Airman 1st Class Luis A. Ruiz-Vazquez/U.S. Air Force) WASHINGTON — In Star Wars, Luke Skywalker destroys the Death Star with the adorable, wisecracking droid named R2-D2 in the back of...

Air Force uses AI on military flight for first time Rebecca Kheel © Getty Air Force uses AI on military flight for first time Artificial intelligence controlled sensor and navigation systems aboard a U-2 Dragon Lady reconnaissance aircraft on Tuesday in what the Air Force is hailing as the first military flight with an AI co-pilot. "Putting AI safely in command of a U.S. military system for the first time ushers in a new age of human-machine teaming and algorithmic competitio...

PNG Delegation Makes Visit To Indonesia Border Station Submitted by admin on Thu, 03/07/2013 - 00:00 Officials hope to address needs of PNG citizens along border By Paeope Ovasuru PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (PNG Post-Courier, March 6, 2013) – Collective efforts from all key government agencies are needed to address issues along the southern border of Papua New Guinea and Indonesia in the Western province. The land border stretches for 82 kilometers, but has been lacking vital ba...

Trump administration releases national space policy December 10, 2020 Chief of Space Operations at United States Space Force Gen. John Raymond, left, and Chief Master Sgt. Roger Towberman, right, hold the U.S. Space Force flag as President Donald Trump walks past it, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Sept. 1, 2020. (Alex Brandon/AP Photo) WASHINGTON — Just days before the first anniversary of the U.S. Space Force, the White House has issued a new national space pol...

Announcing the final agenda for TC Sessions: Space 2020 TC Sessions: Space is happening this December 16 and 17 — our first-ever dedicated space event. This is a live, virtual two-day conference featuring the most important people in the space industry, across public, private and defense. We’re thrilled to be hosting NASA’s head of the Human Spaceflight Office Kathryn Lueders, Rocket Lab CEO and founder Peter Beck, U.S. Space Force Chief of Space Operations General Jay Raymond, Lockheed M...