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Leadership key to moving Defense Department toward data-driven future 
June 13, 2022 — Getting after what motivates people — the incentives — is how the department will further its data and AI goals, said Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen H. Hicks... MORE

Artificial intelligence, autonomy will play crucial role in warfare, general says
February 9, 2022 — The use of autonomy and artificial intelligence will play an increasingly vital role in military operations in such places as the Middle East, where U.S. forces no longer have a sizeable military presence, an Army general said... MORE

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Tech Training Transformation modernizes tech training with virtual reality
July 28, 2021 — Futuristic training, the kind of immersive simulations seen in sci-fi TV shows, is no longer a fictional dream. It’s almost here... MORE

Airman 1st Class Eddy Lopez of Jersey City, New Jersey, goes through the steps of removing a tire and wheel from a landing gear assembly trainer at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, March 3, 2020. Lopez and his fellow 362nd Training Squadron heavy crew chief students learned the steps via virtual reality and then transfered their technology instruction to hands-on practice. The initiative is part of Maintenance Next, which is new method of employing technology to train today's aircraft maintainers. (U.S. Air Force photo by John Ingle)

App aims to match Reserve, Guard talent with DOD needs
July 1, 2021 — An app powered by artificial intelligence will be developed to identify talent in the Guard and reserve forces that could be used around the Department of Defense... MORE

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AETC general talks pilot training at Alamo ACE
November 23, 2020 — In order to maintain readiness, the Air Force is utilizing innovation and technology to transform pilot training to be faster while also teaching skills that will make effective warfighters, according to the Air National Guard assistant to the commander at Air Education and Training Command who spoke during this year’s Alamo Chapter of the Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Association virtual Alamo ACE conference Nov. 19... MORE

Maj. Gen. John Hronek, Air National Guard assistant to the commander at Air Education and Training Command, discussed initiatives and programs AETC is implementing to transform pilot training at the Alamo Chapter of the Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Association virtual Alamo ACE conference Nov. 19, 2020.

Pilot Training Next begins third iteration January 2020
December 26, 2019 — The Pilot Training Next program is part of Air Education and Training Command’s initiative to “reimagine” how learning is delivered to Airmen... MORE

Royal Air Force Flight Officer Syd Janota (fore), Pilot Training Next 2.0 student, observes a fellow student flying a virtual-reality training sortie at the PTN facility at the Armed Forces Reserve Center in Austin, Texas, March 18, 2019. The RAF have both a student-pilot and an instructor pilot participating in the class as they look to introduce PTN lessons learned into their flying training pipeline. (U.S. Air Force photo/Dan Hawkins)