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

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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