AFCENT Detachment 99 to tackle C-UAS, digital innovation

By Shelley K. Mesch / September 20, 2022 at 9:09 AM
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD -- Air Force Central Command has launched a new group charged with experimenting with off-the-shelf technologies to identify capabilities that can be used in the Middle East theater. Detachment 99 is a team of “super empowered” airmen who will rapidly innovate digital capabilities, uncrewed aircraft and artificial intelligence and machine learning programs, AFCENT Commander Lt. Gen. Alexus Grynkewich told reporters at the Air and Space Forces Association’s Air, Space and Cyber Conference Monday. An immediate task for...

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