USAF Sets Goal For Inflight Software Updates For F-16s

F-16
Credit: USAF
The U.S. Air Force has set a goal to deliver new software capabilities immediately to F-16s on an on-demand basis even when the aircraft is still in flight, an Air Force news release says. The F-16 program office installed and ran an open-source software platform called Kubernetes on a test aircraft...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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