JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas (AFNS) -- An idea for a smart locker mail system in base dorms won the 2021 Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center Innovation Rodeo Feb. 5 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. Read More
Topic: USAF
Directed Energy Combined Test Force oversees testing of anti-drone weapon
KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFNS) -- Throughout 2020, the 704th Test Group s Operating Location-AA, part of the Directed Energy Combined Test Force, or DE CTF, focused much of its effort on the testing of weapons designed to prevent adversarial drone observation and assault. Read More
Air Force acquisition executive unveils next e-Plane, publishes digital engineering guidebook
ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) -- In a follow-on to his Matrix-themed There is No Spoon treatise, Dr. William Roper, assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisition, technology and logistics, released a sequel essay that establishes criteria for digitally-engineered programs, while revealing Next Generation Air Dominance has achieved e-Series status as the Read More
SecAF selects Huntsville, Alabama as preferred location to host USSPACECOM
WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- The Secretary of the Air Force, on behalf of the Office of Secretary of Defense, selected Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama, as the preferred location for the U.S. Space Command Headquarters. Read More
Building digital literacy through Digital University
JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. (AFNS) -- The Air Force recently launched a program called Digital University to help increase digital literacy, by providing access to free courses from Udemy, Pluralsight and Udacity to all Department of the Air Force Air and Space Professionals. Read More
Air Force, Navy accelerate quantum research with international virtual event
ROME, N.Y. (AFNS) -- The Air Force Research Laboratory s Information Directorate is spearheading an international alliance of principal investigators across government, academia and industry to accelerate quantum enabling technologies. Read More