US Joint Forces Command has asked defense industry and academics to help develop “sophisticated 3D imagery that displays geospatial data for all elements of power, including political, military, economic, and social, infrastructure, and information.” While it sounds like JFCOM is looking for “whiz-bang” games, Air Force Maj. Nicole Blatt explained to some 300 attendees at a visualization technology forum that warfighters “need a balance between the wow and the easily accessible and usable data.” The command thinks it’s high time universities crank out “visualization engineers.”
In the face of Chinese war plans to disrupt U.S. command-and-control networks in the event of a conflict, the Air Force needs to focus less on its “connect everything” efforts and prepare its combat aviators to fight without a constant connection to higher-ups, according to a new report from AFA’s…
