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.”
A-10 Thunderbolt II attack planes in the Middle East are flying with fresh modifications as the Air Force looks to make the plane more versatile amid America’s ongoing blockade of Iranian ports and a tenuous ceasefire in the U.S. air war against Iran.