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Roper: Air Force’s ‘Massive’ Second ABMS Demo to Include Live-Fire Exercises

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Roper: Air Force’s ‘Massive’ Second ABMS Demo to Include Live-Fire Exercises
Two F-35s from the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron, 53rd Wing, arrive at Eglin Air Force Base on December 14, 2019 for the Air Battle Management System Demo. The demo is trial of communication networks between aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt Savanah Bray)

The Air Force plans to take lessons learned from its initial Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) demonstration last year to up the ante for its second test this spring with more capabilities and data points, the service’s acquisition executive said Feb. 21. “The event that we have coming up April 8 is going to be massive,” Air Force Assistant Secretary for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Will Roper said at a media roundtable at the Pentagon. Among the new test elements…

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