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New US Air Force secretary to shake up Advanced Battle Management Program
[C4IsrNet] The new U.S. Air Force secretary says he’s skeptical about current plans to build the service’s Advanced Battle Management System, signaling the program could be heading for an overhaul.“I want to focus it more on specific operational return on investment,” Frank Kendall told Defense News in a Aug. 13 interview. “Where do we get the most improvement in performance operationally in the battlefield, for investments in that type of technology?” “I don’t think we’ve thought thoroughly enough about where that type of technology can have the most impact and how to get there as quickly as we can,” he said. “I want to emphasize fielded, meaningful military capability, not just a demonstration that you show what cool thing you could do, but real capability in the hands of operators.” The goal of the ABMS program is to create an “internet of things” for the military that would provide the technical infrastructure to connect all platforms and sensors, allowing information to flow freely among them. The service is also interested in integrating artificial intelligence technologies that could parse information and aid in decision making. But in Kendall’s view, the program has yet to answer important questions about what information will be transmitted and why, what results it is aiming to achieve and how those results will be an improvement on current command-and-control capabilities. Related: Frank Kendall: 2016-02-08 Pentagon orders commanders to prioritize climate change in all military actions Frank Kendall: 2015-08-01 Marines: F-35B Squadron Ready for Worldwide Deployment Frank Kendall: 2015-01-29 U.S. military budget to start funding post-F-35 'X-plane' Posted by: Skidmark 2021-08-25 |
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