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USAF to Prioritize Integration of Autonomous Systems

Frank Wolfe

Tuesday, November 30th, 2021

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USAF to Prioritize Integration of Autonomous Systems

U.S. Air Force Under Secretary Gina Ortiz Jones (U.S. Air Force Photo)

Among the U.S. Air Force's top modernization priorities will be the integration of autonomous systems to counter high-tech potential adversaries, China and Russia, Air Force Under Secretary Gina Ortiz Jones said on Nov. 30. "Certainly, there are lots of opportunities when it comes to autonomous systems and how we better connect some of those," she told the Air Force Association's (AFA) Air and Space Warfighters in Action forum when asked by AFA president Bruce "Orville" Wright to identify top modernization…

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