When Airmen and Guardians need data or connectivity, they don’t much care whether it comes from a fiber optic cable or a satellite—and the Department of the Air Force wants a future network to match.
IT networks
To achieve the military’s vision of a totally networked multi-domain force, the Air Force must merge its enterprise IT networks, which join the computers on people’s desks and the smartphones in their pockets, with its aerial networks, which connect the sensors and weapons systems on ...