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ABMS Test to Be “Massive,” Roper Says, Name Change Possible

ABMS Test to Be “Massive,” Roper Says, Name Change Possible
Coast Guardsmen secure communications equipment to a line to bring it aboard USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116) in the Gulf of Mexico last December 16. The Navy used that equipment during the first demonstration of the Advanced Battle Management System, Operators across the Air Force, Army, Navy and industry tested multiple real-time data sharing tools and technology in a homeland defense-based scenario enacted by U.S. Northern Command and enabled by Air Force senior leaders at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The upcoming test of the U.S. Air Force Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) in the next few weeks is to feature all the military services and dozens of platforms, as the Air Force moves toward fielding rapidly upgradable systems and clean sheet designs featuring artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) that may one day see use on autonomous drones as the leading edge of U.S. military force, Air Force Acquisition Chief Will Roper said on Aug. 25 in a YouTube "Ask Me…

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