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Department of Air Force Plans to Give Google First Hand View of Operations

Department of Air Force Plans to Give Google First Hand View of Operations
A U-2 Dragon Lady assigned to the 9th Reconnaissance Wing prepares to land at Beale AFB, Calif., on Dec. 15, 2020. The Air Force said that the flight was the first in DoD to use artificial intellignce to execute some functions normally performed by the pilot (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The Deparment of the Air Force is planning to give Alphabet's [GOOG] Google subsidiary a first hand view of the department's operations under a new program, U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown said on May 9. "One of the things that we're just on the cusp of is bringing industry into the Air Force," Brown told the Ash Carter Exchange on Innovation and National Security in Washington, D.C. "We have a program of education with industry…

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