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April’s Advanced Battle Management System Demo Delayed Until June

April’s Advanced Battle Management System Demo Delayed Until June
Information System Technician 2nd Class Daniel Marquez sets up test equipment as part of an exercise aboard the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116). The Thomas Hudner participated in the first demonstration of the Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS), 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 held at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Dec. 16-18. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Marianne Guemo/Released)

The Air Force’s second Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) demonstration has been postponed from April until June as part of the Defense Department’s response to the novel coronavirus, Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein said March 18. The service was expecting to conduct a “massive” exercise April 8 that would involve live-fire exercises and network connectivity tests to try and develop the “military internet-of-things” via the ABMS architecture. But in the wake of the COVID-19 coronavirus spreading across the globe,…

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