Two current Air Force leaders, both former astronauts, STARBASE Louisiana at Barksdale AFB, La., last week and “wowed” the 25 fifth-graders taking part in the 917th Wing’s science camp, reports the Shreveport (La.) Times. The leaders were Air Force Undersecretary Ronald Sega and Lt. Gen. Kevin Chilton, 8th Air Force commander. STARBASE is a DOD program to promote the interest of young people in math, science, and technology.
Unmanned aerial vehicles and autonomous aircraft may provide a solution to operating in heavily contested domains such as the Taiwan Straits, according to a panel of expert who suggested operationalizing artificial intelligence for such purposes sooner rather than later. The group gathered virtually to help launch the Mitchell Institute for…