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U-2 Spy Plane Receives Software Code Update In-Flight

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U-2 Spy Plane Receives Software Code Update In-Flight
Jeannine Abira, U-2 Federal Laboratory director of advanced mathematics and algorithm development. and Jesse Angle, U-2 Federal Laboratory technical director, work on a computer, Sept. 21, 2020, at Beale AFB, Calif. The U-2 Federal Laboratory is a 15 U.S.C. compliant organization that promotes “edge development,” a concept to develop new software integration on operational systems. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The U.S. Air Force updated software code on a Lockheed Martin [LMT] U-2 reconnaissance plane in-flight on Oct. 16, according to Air Force acquisition chief Will Roper. "Friday, a U.S. Air Force U-2 spy plane updated code during flight--a military first!" Roper said via Twitter on Oct. 19. Roper said that the two updates involved a "docker containment generating log files" and "improved target recognition algorithms." The U-2 Federal Laboratory at Beale AFB, Calif. used a Sandia Labs Electro Optical/Infrared…

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