Integration over Platforms

[Kirkhill]

Software over hardware - or getting more out of the hardware available

More money for integration, less focus on platforms: Air Force officials preview themes of 2025 budget

Future budget requests from the Department of the Air Force are likely to place an emphasis on integration capabilities, according to two service officials.

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[dimsum]

Software over hardware - or getting more out of the hardware available

More money for integration, less focus on platforms: Air Force officials preview themes of 2025 budget

Future budget requests from the Department of the Air Force are likely to place an emphasis on integration capabilities, according to two service officials.

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Absolutely.

It’s a huge mental hurdle for most people - most people (including leaders) say “I want X to do this job”, when there could be existing platforms that, if integrated correctly, achieve an equivalent effect.

 

[Kirkhill]

Absolutely.

It’s a huge mental hurdle for most people - most people (including leaders) say “I want X to do this job”, when there could be existing platforms that, if integrated correctly, achieve an equivalent effect.

In my game the hardware hasn't changed much dince my dad's day.

The change has been in computers and code.

 

[captloadie]

I like to rile up my fighter pilot peers by highlighting the fact the F35 will make them more sensor operators then pilots.

 

[dimsum]

I like to rile up my fighter pilot peers by highlighting the fact the F35 will make them more sensor operators then pilots.

Tell them they will be Commissioned AES Ops. Or better yet, casually drop printed AES Op recruiting sheets in 3 and 4 Wing O Messes.

 

[Good2Golf]

I like to rile up my fighter pilot peers by highlighting the fact the F35 will make them more sensor operators then pilots.

…or airborne C2 network routers…

 

[Furniture]

…or airborne C2 network routers…

Airborne ATIS techs?

 

[dimsum]

Airborne ATIS techs?

Whoa whoa - the pilots don’t “fix” anything…

 

[Good2Golf]

Whoa whoa - the pilots don’t “fix” anything…

I believe they are qualified to “turn it off, then on again.”

 

[GR66]

I believe they are qualified to “turn it off, then on again.”

To be fair it seems to work like 80% of the time...

 

[Kirkhill]

To be fair it seems to work like 80% of the time...

So there I was... cruising along at 40,000 ft, and I hit the Reboot. Which comes first?

 

[Furniture]

So there I was... cruising along at 40,000 ft, and I hit the Reboot. Which comes first?