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How the Air Force data strategy is evolving

Lt. Gen. VeraLinn “Dash” Jamieson, the deputy chief of staff for ISR, explains the genesis for the Air Force’s new “Next Generation ISR Dominance Flight Plan,” which lays out the service’s goals for the next 10 years.
The Air Force’s next communications satellite arrives in Florida

The completed AEHF constellation will provide roughly 10 times more communications throughput than the Air Force’s legacy satellite systems.
Air Force’s future ISR architecture could feature drone swarms and hypersonics — with AI underpinning it all

Here’s the the exclusive first look at the Air Force’s next generation ISR infrastructure.
Air Force begins in-house JSTARS maintenance amid Northrop Grumman’s shortfalls

The Air Force began conducting its own depot maintenance for JSTARS July 17 at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, in an effort to field the Air Force’s premier ground surveillance and battle management aircraft quicker amid contractor shortfalls.