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The SolarWinds homepage, warning customers to update their software and featuring a video apology from the CEO. WASHINGTON: As lawmakers struggle to come to grips with the sheer magnitude of the Solar Winds hack “pretty clearly” executed by Russia, some have suggested the cyber intrusion amounts to an “act of war.” It’s not, multiple experts told us — and framing it as one could make it harder to solve the actual cybersecurity problem, which is as insidious as it is pervasive. Andre...

The US wants startups to get a piece of the $16 billion spent on space tech The U.S. government is one of the biggest spenders in the nascent space industry, and the man who handles the money for the Air Force’s $16 billion checkbook wants startups to know that his door is open for them. In all, Will Roper, the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, handles about $60 billion worth of budget for the Air Force — a mandate that includes spending money o...

New ABMS Systems Will Allow Easier Communications Between F-35, F-22 And Other Assets New ABMS Systems Will Allow Easier Communications Between F-35, F-22 And Other Assets A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor and F-35A Lightning II fly in formation with the XQ-58A Valkyrie low-cost unmanned aerial vehicle over the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground testing range, Ariz., during a series of tests Dec. 9, 2020. This integrated test follows a series of gatewayONE ground tests that began during the inaugural Dep...

By   Theresa Hitchens on December 18, 2020 at 3:31 PM Will Roper WASHINGTON: The Air Force’s sixth-generation fighter jet that emerges from the Next-Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program is almost certain to come with an AI copilot, says service acquisition czar Will Roper. The bigger question is what tasks the human pilot can, and most importantly should, cede to that artificial intelligence algorithm in what circumstances. Whereas low-cost aircraft, such as the Skyborg drone, could ver...

Beale Air Force Base makes history [Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif.] Dec. 19—Beale Air Force Base hosted a historic flight this week, made possible by cutting edge work by the base in the last couple of months. The United States Air Force used artificial intelligence as a working aircrew member for the first time on Tuesday, according to a Beale news release. The AI algorithm was developed at Beale by Air Combat Command’s U-2 Federal Laboratory. It was designed after a direct challenge ...

Pentagon Still Hopes to Establish Stealthy Data Link Between F-35 and F-22 Despite Failed Trial Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/military/202012191081509861-pentagon-still-hopes-to-establish-stealthy-data-link-between-f-35-and-f-22-despite-failed-trial/ With the introduction of the fifth-generation stealth jet F-35, which packs advanced sensor arrays and situational awareness computers, an issue emerged in terms of enabling the jet to communicate with its predecessor, the F-22 , wh...

1 of 2 Maj. “Vudu,” a U-2 Dragon Lady pilot assigned to the 9th Reconnaissance Wing, prepares to taxi after returning from a training sortie at Beale Air Force Base on Tuesday. The flight marked a major leap forward for national defense as artificial intelligence took flight aboard a military aircraft for the first time in the history of the Department of Defense, according to Beale sources. Courtesy of the United States Air Force A U-2 Dragon Lady assigned to ...

Here’s why the Valkyrie drone couldn’t translate between F-35 and F-22 jets during a recent test December 18, 2020 A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor and F-35A Lightning II fly in formation with the XQ-58A Valkyrie drone over Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona during a series of tests Dec. 9, 2020. This integrated test follows a series of gatewayONE ground tests that began during the inaugural Air Force on-ramp in December 2019. (Tech. Sgt. James Cason/U.S. Air Force) WASHINGTON — Earlier this...

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How a U-2 Spy Plane Used AI and Made History The U.S. Air Force’s legendary U-2 Dragon Lady spy plane made history as the first military plane to fly using an AI program to control key sensors and systems. In a tweet, Will Roper, the U.S. Air Force’s Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics and so-called acquisition Tsar announced the mating of an AI pilot program with the U-2 Dragon Lady airframe, saying: “NEW. For the first time, @usairforce p...