Air Force experiments with AI, boosts battle management speed and accuracy
A U.S. Air Force air battle manager, center, provides information to an industry partner during the Department of the Air Force’s second Decision Advantage Sprint for Human-Machine Teaming, or DASH, experiment, at the 805th Combat Training Squadron’s unclassified location in downtown Las Vegas, Nev., July 29, 2025. This two-week event brought together operational warfighters and industry and Shadow Operations Center-Nellis software developers to prototype microservices aimed at accelerating and improving decision-making in high-tempo battle management scenarios framed by the Transformational Model. (The image has been cropped to focus on the subjects.) (U.S. Air Force photo by Deb Henley)