Air Force issues strategy for artificial intelligence – FedScoop

Written by Billy Mitchell Sep 19, 2019 | FEDSCOOP

The Air Force has publicly released its strategy for artificial intelligence, building onto theongoing work at the Pentagon level.

The strategy is meant to be an annex tothe Department of Defenses AI strategy in support of its Joint AI Center. It will serve as a mechanism to align the Air Force with the larger AI efforts across the department and leverage the JAICs progress as an AI center of excellence.

The technology is crucial to fielding tomorrows Air Force faster and smarter, executing multi-domain operations in the high-end fight, confronting threats below the level of open conflict and partnering with our allies around the globe,write acting Secretary Matthew DonovanandChief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein in the introduction to the dual-signed strategy. AI, they say, willunderpin our ability to compete, deter and win across all five of the Air Forces missions: air and space superiority; global strike capability; rapid global mobility; intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; and command control.

The goal is to providefundamental principles, enabling functions, and objectives necessary to effectively manage, maneuver, and lead in the digital age, the document says. The strategy is framed around five driving focus areas:

Each of those areas also has corresponding lines of effort and objective that go into more detail on what the service looks to accomplish to support the adoption of AI in the near term.

Every Airman in the field, staff member at higher headquarters, or unit working with an industry partner has a responsibility in transforming our five core missions through the use of AI, the strategy says. The Air Force cannot effectively execute missions in todays complex security environment without embracing these technologies and delivering capabilities to our Airmen.

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