The Air Force’s Office of Scientific Research is cooperating with Binghamton University on a research project that investigators expect to enhance the “availability and resilience” of command and control networks—ensuring “an operator’s continuous access to battlefield information,” according to Binghamton professor Eva Wu. Wu is leading the New York university team that will receive approximately $100,000 for the two-year project titled “Highly Available C2 Supporting Systems for Air Operation.”
Trainees in Basic Military Training and technical school no longer have the option to try alternate PT drills if they fail an initial assessment, according to a policy change the Air Force made in April. The move is part of a larger shift out of the classroom and into hands-on,…