Air Force eyeing AI, data analytics to help improve readiness levels
The Air Force is moving “as fast as possible” to integrate artificial intelligence and machine learning tools into its efforts to boost readiness levels and prepare for future conflicts, according to Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin.
As part of its plan to “reoptimize” for great power competition, the service is revamping how it generates readiness for contested environments in the Indo-Pacific by conducting new large-scale exercises, enhancing supply chains and more. Through these initiatives, the Air Force is looking at how AI and ML can enhance preparedness by improving command and control in operations and the way the organization accounts for spare parts, Allvin said Wednesday during a media roundtable with reporters.
But to do so, the service needs to integrate data from various siloed systems, he noted.
“I think one of the things that I think we probably regret the most is how we developed our individual datasets and networks as bespoke, organic things, and so it’s hard to connect them,” Allvin said. “The data is all there, it’s putting it together, developing the algorithm and gaining the insights that will help us to learn faster.”