Air Force Space Command takes operational control of the Space Tracking and Surveillance System Advanced Risk Reduction Technology satellite from the Missile Defense Agency. The ARRT will aid AFSPC’s space situation awareness mission to monitor on-orbit spacecraft.
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall caught a ride in the front seat of a modified, artificial intelligence-piloted F-16 on May 2, a high-profile show of confidence in the service’s autonomous technologies—and another key step in maturing that technology for the Collaborative Combat Aircraft program.