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ABMS Envisioned as ‘Autobahn’ of Air Force Network Operations

Frank Wolfe

Wednesday, July 8th, 2020

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While the U.S. Air Force has had advanced information capabilities on fifth generation Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-22 and F-35 fighters and the sensor-shooter MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aircraft systems by General Atomics, the Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) is to bring that capability to a new level. For the last three years, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein has spoken of the need for the service to move beyond a platform-centric orientation to a network-centric orientation,…

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