{"id":45622,"date":"2017-09-06T16:29:06","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T16:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/09\/06\/for-the-air-force-its-all-about-data\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:25:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:25:09","slug":"for-the-air-force-its-all-about-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2017\/09\/06\/for-the-air-force-its-all-about-data\/","title":{"rendered":"For the Air Force, it\u2019s all about data"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014&nbsp;The U.S. Air Force is undergoing a \u201cparadigm shift\u201d in the way it approaches intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, and the future of new unmanned platforms perform those needs, according to the service\u2018s acting associate deputy chief of staff for ISR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI need to design outward from the data now. I need to stop deigning to make the best aircraft for the best sensor,\u201d Kenneth Bray said at the Defense News Conference in Pentagon City, Virginia, on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the Air Force, and the military writ large, data is key. Air Force Lt. Gen. 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After that, they\u2018ll move to medium-altitude systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/intel-geoint\/isr\/2017\/06\/20\/automation-big-as-the-introduction-of-nuclear-weapons-says-intel-official\/\">Automation \u2018big as the introduction of nuclear weapons,\u2019 says intel official<\/a>]<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Bray, the Air Force realized that while it very well may have the largest image repository in the world, that repository is not searchable. 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