At GEOINT, Space Force and NGA lean into the metaverse, whatever that means

At GEOINT, Space Force and NGA lean into the metaverse, whatever that means
At GEOINT, Space Force and NGA lean into the metaverse, whatever that means

“I would probably even argue that metaverse in itself is overplayed. It’s a construct. It really is distracting in many cases from what we’re trying to achieve,” said Michael Torres, chief of digital infrastructure and SpaceVerse at the Space Force’s Chief Technology and Innovation Office

Space Development Agency Has Big Data Fusion Problem

Space Development Agency Has Big Data Fusion Problem
Space Development Agency Has Big Data Fusion Problem

The hard part is structuring the data hand-off. Decisions will come up on how much data management takes place on the satellites and how they will use software-defined communications. Enter service politics.

Project Convergence: AIs vs. Uncertainty

Project Convergence: AIs vs. Uncertainty
Project Convergence: AIs vs. Uncertainty

“We demonstrated… that having that person in the loop is not a huge time sink,” AITF director Doug Matty told me. “By presenting the right information at the appropriate level of confidence, it actually accelerated the mission.”

MG Crider To Roll Out New AFSPC Data Strategy

MG Crider To Roll Out New AFSPC Data Strategy
MG Crider To Roll Out New AFSPC Data Strategy

‘Enterprise Data Strategies’ — that mimic a company’s technology roadmap and business strategy and treat data as a separate entity of operations in its own right — are all the rage in the corporate sector.

Show Me The Battle: Cyber Command Needs Data Fusion, Training Sims & C2

Until cyber operators can both train realistically and see the their digital battlespace as clearly as traditional commanders see physical battlespace, they’ll be hard-pressed to defend everyone else’s systems.

Bell’s V-280 Tiltrotor Is Part F-35

Bell’s V-280 Tiltrotor Is Part F-35
Bell’s V-280 Tiltrotor Is Part F-35

AUSA: Bell Helicopter’s exhibit at this week’s Association of the United States Army convention includes a full-scale mockup of the V-280 Valor, the new tiltrotor the company is building. From the outside, it sure looks like a close cousin of the V-22 Osprey. Under the skin, the V-280 seems a lot more like a prop-driven F-35. The…

Hoss Cartwright Heralds New Era In Warfare: ‘No longer do we troll for trouble; we predict it’

WASHINGTON: A combat patrol is four soldiers walking, under orders to look for trouble and react to it. For most of modern history, infantry squads have been the military’s principal sensors, forcing an enemy to respond, allowing American forces to judge the situation and respond. But that is an always risky, often bloody way to…