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  • Air Force to develop F-16 ‘digital twin’

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The U.S. Air Force plans to make a digital replica of the F-16 Fighting Falcon, in an effort to improve the sustainment and modernization of F-16s operating around the world.

  • Skyborg Successfully Integrates into Orange Flag Large Force Test Event

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio (AFLCMC) – The Skyborg team conducted a two hours and thirty minutes flight test on June 24 of the Skyborg autonomy core system (ACS) aboard a General Atomics MQ-20 Avenger tactical unmanned vehicle during the Orange Flag 21-2 Large Force Test Event at Edwards AFB,

  • Big Berthas used to measure laser power

    The HEL calibration supports the Laser Hardened Materials Evaluation Laboratory (LHMEL) of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate at Wright Patterson AFB and the AFRL Directed Energy Directorate at Kirtland AFB in Albuquerque, NM.

  • Hanscom team demos data sharing technology

    A Hanscom team recently completed demonstrations that tested new techniques on tactical data links to increase data sharing in contested environments and improve warfighter readiness.

  • New simulator offers options for C-130J training

    The newest C-130J simulator, acquired by the Simulators Division of the Agile Combat Support Directorate within AFLCMC, allows crews to use a single simulator to train on multiple aircraft models.

  • Hanscom team supports ‘revolutionary’ zero trust effort

    Personnel from the AFNet Sustainment and Operations Branch here are partnering with the Air Combat Command Directorate of Cyberspace and Information Dominance to develop a modern software-based perimeter that will deliver zero trust capabilities to applications across the Air Force.

  • Chief settles into AFLCMC role

    Chief Master Sgt. Jamie Newman became the new Command Chief for the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center in May 2021.