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16th Air Force Commander: Defensive Cyber and ISR Will Be First Missions to Leverage AI/ML

16th Air Force Commander: Defensive Cyber and ISR Will Be First Missions to Leverage AI/ML
A U.S. Air Force 36th Intelligence Squadron Digital Network Exploitation Analyst (DNEA), and an Air Force 315th Cyberspace Operations Squadron Exploitation Analyst (EA), analyze the organizational structure of an adversary during the Cyber Valhalla exercise on August 24 at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

Aiding Air Combat Command (ACC) in blocking information flow from compromised sources and sorting intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) information to benefit analysts are two prime use cases for artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML), the commander of U.S. 16th Air Force at Joint Base San Antonio, Texas said on Nov. 13. "My opinion is there are two place we'll see it [AI/ML] first and a third where I think there's opportunity," Air Force Lt. Gen. Kevin Kennedy, the head of 16th…

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