Heather Wilson Archives

Air Force partners with MIT to launch AI accelerator

It's the latest thread in the Department of Defense's growing interest in artificial intelligence.

May 20, 2019 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Patrick Doherty, 19th Air Force commander, uses a virtual reality training device at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, March 7, 2019. Doherty met with Airmen from the 62nd Airlift Squadron’s innovation flight and was shown numerous innovations and integrated modern technologies within the training squadron focusing not only on student instruction but instructor development as well. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kristine M. Gruwell)

Air Force launches S&T strategy led by new CTO position

"This strategy isn’t just a list of technologies. Our approach will be to predict where adversaries cannot easily go and make sure the Air Force gets there…

Apr 18, 2019 By Billy Mitchell

Air Force Master Sgt. Bartek Bachleda (right), 22nd Air Refueling Wing, McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas briefs his idea to the Spark Tank panel during the Air Force the Warfighter’s Edge conference, Orlando, Fla., Feb. 22, 2018. (U.S. Air Force photo by Wayne A. Clark)

Air Force awards first ‘Spark Tank’ to mid-flight refueling innovation

The challenge aims to encourage "intrapreneurship."

Feb 22, 2018