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Air Force’s Upcoming Test to Share F-22 and F-35 Data Will Be First of Many ‘Connect-a-Thons’

Air Force’s Upcoming Test to Share F-22 and F-35 Data Will Be First of Many ‘Connect-a-Thons’
Dr. Will Roper, the Air Force Assistant Secretary for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, speaks with media at a Nov. 12 Defense Writers Group event in Washington, D.C. (Photo: GW Project for Media and National Security)

The Air Force is planning a series of recurring events to connect multiple legacy systems to each other and help the service flesh out its future distributed network, or Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) program. The events, dubbed “Connect-a-Thons,” will launch in December with the goal of enabling data-sharing between the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and the F-22 Raptor, and will continue every four months thereafter, and “we will not slip them,” said Will Roper, assistant secretary of the Air…

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