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Roper Urges Air Force to Treat Software Upgrades as a Service, Not a Product

By Vivienne Machi

Wednesday, September 12th, 2018

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Roper Urges Air Force to Treat Software Upgrades as a Service, Not a Product

An Air Force F-22 Raptor. Photo: Air Force.

DAYTON, Ohio — The Air Force needs to move away from making major, infrequent system software upgrades if it is to ensure that capabilities are up-to-date to meet future threats, a top service official said Wednesday.“The goal is to keep a cadence of software push all the time,” Will Roper, service assistant secretary for acquisition, technology and logistics, said at the Air Force’s Life Cycle Management Center’s (AFLCMC) third annual Life Cycle Industry Days (LCID) conference here. Service personnel are…

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