Air Force Eyes ‘Autonomous Tanker’ For KC-46 Follow-On: Roper

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Air Force Eyes 'Autonomous Tanker' For KC-46 Follow-On: Roper "One of those next strategic questions for the Air Force is going to be: can you defend a tanker against an onslaught of fighters, who know that every tanker you kill is like killing a lot of fighters or bombers or drones that it supports?" says Air Force acquisition czar Will Roper.

Picking 1st ABMS Capabilities A Top Issue At Air Force Corona The technologies that allowed a tracked howitzer to shoot down a cruise missile in the Sept. 3 ABMS On Ramp was "a Sputnik or Alpha-Go moment where AI did something that could not have been done otherwise," says Will Roper.

Pushing Data 'From Space To Mud': Project Convergence "I have never in my life seen the cooperation between the agencies…the services…[and] across the Army" that's happening in this fall's wargames, Army space expert Willie Nelson told me.

New Ships In Navy Plan = No 'Slaughter Across The Beach' For Marines The new ships will come from the Navy budget, and "the Marines are not asking for a nickel more," from Congress, Commandant Gen. David Berger said.

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