Air Force

"Complexity...is going to kill us," Brig. Gen. Luke Cropsey said. "The more complex your environment is, the simpler the rules of engagement need to be."

• Deep Dives
• Data
• Report

Five federal leaders who are innovating in key areas that can impact both within and outside their organizations.

• GovCast
• Zero Trust

A top priority at the Air Force is zero trust implementation, but seamless integration for it is complex.

• DevSecOps
• Software Factories

Platform One will move part of its DevSecOps product to secret level this year and to top secret level in 2024.

• Deep Dives
• Data
• Report

Defense, health, and civilian agencies target climate strategy goals with new IT solutions to measure their environmental impact and identify new ways to reduce their carbon footprint.

• Artificial Intelligence

The data chief returns to the Air Force focused on data preparation to enable AI across the service.

• GovCast
• Cybersecurity

Outgoing Air Force CIO Lauren Knausenberger reflects on the impacts she has made at the service and what’s next.

• Event
• Artificial Intelligence
• Cybersecurity

We hosted an evening with the outgoing Air Force CIO, Lauren Knausenberger ahead of her final day at the Air Force to honor and celebrate the impact she has made on defense IT, from championing software factories to implementing zero trust.

• Video
• DevSecOps
• GovFocus
• Software Factories

Hear how tech leaders from the Department of the Air Force and the very first software factory, Kessel Run, discuss how software factories are impacting the future of warfare and defense IT at the tactical edge.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Data

Digital twin technology, data and software tools play a leading role in helping the Defense Department meet its 2030 and 2050 climate strategy benchmarks.

• GovCast
• Cybersecurity
• Zero Trust

CIO Lauren Knausenberger discusses software factories, zero trust and more among Air Force priorities.

• Software Factories

Spirit Realm, one of the newest USAF software factories, will support B-2 stealth bomber operational capability.