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Defense Watch: Good ABMS News; Afghan Dividend; Tritons to Japan

Defense Watch: Good ABMS News; Afghan Dividend; Tritons to Japan
U.S. Air Force refueling tankers are to serve as communications relays in ABMS. In this photo, tembers of Team McConnell fly a KC-46A Pegasus above another KC-46 during an extended mission in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region on Oct. 23. This was the first time the KC-46 had flown an extended self-sustained mission into the region. The crew was able to offload approximately half a million gallons of fuel to 87 aircraft during their two week mission to Andersen AFB, Guam. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

ABMS Fielding. The Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS)—the Air Force component of the Joint All Domain Command and Control military internet of things—is closer to fielding after 18 months of effort, service officials said. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr. said in a statement on May 21 that “nearly two years of rigorous development and experimentation have shown beyond doubt the promise of ABMS” and that it is time for the Air Force “to move ABMS…

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