Digital Air Force Archives

software, hardware, DOD, network — U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Caleb uses a computer program to identify network issues during his unit’s training period at Berry Field Air National Guard Base, Nashville, Tennessee, on May 5, 2019. Caleb’s unit was training in advanced network systems and resolving network issues. (U.S. Air National Guard / Tech. Sgt. Mark Thompson)

Air Force launches new digital transformation office

The small office of 12 has big ambitions to work on what digital systems the service buys and how it buys them.

Jun 9, 2021 By Jackson Barnett

An Air Force F-22 at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana, in July 2019. (U.S. Air Force / Devin Doskey)

The Air Force wants companies to use its tech stack for digital engineering. Industry isn’t so sure about that.

Digital engineering is the Air Force's future. To get there, it needs to convince industry to work in-house on its tech-development stack.

Nov 9, 2020 By Jackson Barnett

Secretary of the Air Force Barbara M. Barrett, observes a 48th Component Maintenance Squadron Airman work on an F-15 engine at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, Feb. 13, 2020. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. Rachel Maxwell)

Air Force wants to lead on JADC2 system to connect military domains

The Air Force wants $302 million to fund Joint All Domain Command and Control. A part of this is moving enterprise IT out of the Air Force's…

Mar 3, 2020 By Jackson Barnett

Bill Marion, Air Force — Bill Marion speaks at the 2019 Nutanix Cloud Smart Talks summit. (FedScoop)

For Air Force, tech modernization and multi-domain operations are ‘basically the same,’ deputy CIO says

In an interview with wth FedScoop, Air Force Deputy CIO Bill Marion details how the service's ongoing IT modernization effort is "directly supporting" and one-in-the-same with multi-domain…

Oct 8, 2019 By Billy Mitchell

Senior Airman Christopher Smith, 56th Operations Support Squadron Weather Flight journeyman, reviews a forecast at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., Feb. 14, 2019. Weather supports flying units by providing Mission Execution Forecasts, detailed descriptions of the weather conditions for a specific mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Leala Marquez)

Air Force gets supercomputing-as-a-service to power weather forecasting

A new Cray supercomputing system will be delivered to Oak Ridge National Lab and offered as-a-service to the Air Force weather forecasters.

Aug 9, 2019 By Jackson Barnett

Matt Donovan, DOD, Pentagon — Matt Donovan, then-U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee major policy director, and his team visit the 52nd Maintenance Squadron to listen to their concerns about the challenges in their unit and the maintainer career field at large, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, March 17, 2017. (Air Force / Senior Airman Joshua R. M. Dewberry)

Air Force launches digital-focused business plan

The plan keys in on the need to enhance the service's data, IT and cybersecurity operations.

Mar 4, 2019 By Billy Mitchell