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Air Force

Air Force Readying New ISR ‘Flight Plan’ Next Month Driven By Global AI Arms Race

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, July 26th, 2018

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Air Force Readying New ISR ‘Flight Plan’ Next Month Driven By Global AI Arms Race

Lt. Gen. VeraLinn “Dash” Jamieson is the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, Headquarters U.S. Air Force

The Air Force is readying a new Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance ‘flight plan’ aimed at posturing the service to take better advantage of artificial intelligence capabilities to meet growing peer competition from China and Russia, a top service intelligence official said Thursday.Lt. Gen. VeraLinn “Dash” Jamieson, deputy chief of staff for ISR, told attendees at an Air Force Association event that she will hold a roundtable on Aug. 2 to discuss the new policy plan, which formalizes efforts to increase…

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