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USAF Looks to Airborne Edge Node as Leader for Fielding ABMS on Aircraft

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USAF Looks to Airborne Edge Node as Leader for Fielding ABMS on Aircraft
U.S. Air Force Maj. Michael Murphy, 905th Air Refueling Squadron pilot, conducts a preflight check on a KC-46 on July 9, 2020, at McConnell AFB, Kansas. Murphy was part of a seven-man aircrew that took part in the first aeromedical evacuation using the KC-46 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

Of the U.S. Air Force's nearly $204 million requested funding in fiscal 2022 for the Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS), $147 million is for development of the ABMS Airborne Edge Node for the Boeing [BA] KC-46 Pegasus tanker under ABMS Capability Release 1. At a House Armed Services Committee (HASC) hearing on June 16 on the Air Force and U.S. Space Force fiscal 2022 budgets, Rep. Jim Langevin (D-R.I.) questioned that investment. "The Air Force's written [HASC] testimony states that…

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