Oct. 6, 2022 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year recognized during Air Force’s season of celebrations The 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2022 were recognized and honored during the Air Force’s 75th Anniversary week and the Air and Space Force Association’s Air, Space and Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, Sept. 15-21.
Nov. 22, 2021 Air Force Sustainment Center tests cyber readiness As reliance on technology grows so does the need for enhanced cyber security. Recently, the Center Information Technology Office within the Air Force Sustainment Center conducted a tabletop exercise that allowed facilitators to detect, diagnose and deter multiple cyber security threats in real-time.
Oct. 6, 2021 Bradley provides update on Air Force cyber resiliency A Hanscom senior official discussed efforts to modernize Air Force cybersecurity during a virtual meeting with Hanscom-area business leaders Sept. 29.
Sept. 10, 2021 Hanscom workshop to highlight software testing To inform the Hanscom-area acquisition workforce about test efforts and capabilities, the 96th Cyberspace Test Group, Detachment 1, located here, will host a virtual test workshop Sept. 29 beginning at 1 p.m.
April 1, 2021 CROWS recognized for cyber guide to program management A newly published Government Accountability Office report on “Weapon Systems Cybersecurity” identified the U.S. Air Force as the only service that has issued service-wide guidance detailing how acquisition programs should define cybersecurity requirements and incorporate those requirements in
Dec. 14, 2020 Civilian Talent Acquisition essential to accelerate change for Air, Space Forces The Air Force chief of staff’s direction of accelerate change or lose and the accompanying action orders, outline why and how the service must rapidly change in order to remain the most dominant and respected Air Force in the world.While technology and modernization are important, the Department of
Nov. 10, 2020 Bradley discusses digital engineering, data security Digital engineering, open architecture, and agile acquisition are all interrelated, symbiotic, and necessary for our success, a Hanscom Air Force Base senior official told members of the Hanscom Representatives Association during their virtual presentation Nov. 10.
Sept. 3, 2020 Advanced Battle Management System field test brings Joint Force together across all domains during second onramp In the latest exercise, known as an “onramp,” operators used ABMS to detect and defeat efforts to disrupt U.S. operations in space in addition to countering attacks against the U.S. homeland, including shooting down a cruise missile “surrogate” with a hypervelocity weapon.
Dec. 26, 2019 Military conducts first test of Advanced Battle Management System The Air Force, Navy and Army used new methods and technology Dec. 16-18 for collecting, analyzing and sharing information in real time to identify and defeat a simulated cruise missile threat.
Oct. 11, 2019 Chief Data Office announces capabilities for the VAULT Data Platform The VAULT Platform now has a set of tools to support a full lifecycle of data exploitation activities. It is now possible to ingest data, manage storage, manage metadata, manipulate, cleanse and experiment with data and visualize analytics results.
July 18, 2019 Goldfein stresses promise of multi-domain operations, calls it ‘the single most critical’ tool for winning future high-end fights The complex effort, known as multi-domain operations or MDO, “will change the character of modern warfare” Goldfein said in a closely scrutinized keynote address at the Air and Space Power Conference 2019.
July 15, 2019 New cyber defense facility to augment weapons resiliency, threat protection One of the Air Force’s ongoing challenges is to create processes, infrastructure and capabilities to counter threats to its weapon systems. To address this, organizations are looking at creative ways to forge partnerships and alliances to advance the cyber resiliency of weapon systems by protecting
Sept. 19, 2018 CMSAF Wright: The Airmen We Need must be resilient In order to win tomorrow’s war, defend the homeland and remain a safe and secure nuclear deterrent, Airmen must be well trained, well led, agile and resilient, according to the Air Force’s most senior enlisted leader.Building upon Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson’s discussion of the “Air
Sept. 18, 2018 Goldfein delivers 2018 AF update during AFA Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. David L. Goldfein delivered his speech at the Air Force Association’s Air, Space and Cyber Conference, Sept. 18, 2018, emphasizing how the service must prepare the Air Force We Need and present it to combatant commanders to compete, deter and win.
Sept. 18, 2018 The Force We Present: Future of AF operations As the Air Force highlights revitalizing squadrons and the need to improve readiness to contend with near peer adversaries, the Air Force deputy chief of staff of operations spoke to an audience about “The Force We Present” and the necessity for coming changes in military operations during the Air