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the United States Air Force has worked

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hard to create and field the world's

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best fighter aircraft . Those aircraft

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rely on millions of lines of code that

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unlocks the ability for them to

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dominate any challengers and maintain

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american air dominance . However ,

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antiquated software acquisitions

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processes put that dominance at risk .

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We must act now to accelerate our

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software development into over

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capability at the speed of relevance

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project Fox or the fighter optimization

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experiment provides a transformative

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way to accelerate the delivery of new

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software capabilities to aircraft while

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dramatically decreasing the costs .

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These improvements are accomplished by

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connecting a commercial off the shelf

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tablet that is data secured , the

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aircraft data systems with a universal

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government interface that puts the

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aircraft data into a common format .

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This allows America's best developers

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to create applications that are

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portable across platforms and have real

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test training and tactical benefits .

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This construct will enable the paradigm

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shifting changes we need by enabling

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portability . The Air Force will be

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able to fund the development of new and

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improved aircraft applications just

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once , not separately for each Airframe .

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Funding could then be pulled from

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multiple programs across the duty .

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Portability of developed software also

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allows newer , updated software

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capabilities to be deployed across all

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aircraft as soon as they're ready

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rather than sequentially after lengthy

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platform specific test programs .

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Project Fox enables software to be

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matured much more rapidly through

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flight test by segmenting the

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developmental code from an aircraft

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operational code . As a result ,

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changes can be made rapidly without

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impacting the airworthiness of the

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aircraft , taking the time required for

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testing cycles and software updates for

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months , two days soon , the most

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technologically advanced companies in

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America will be able to showcase their

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software applications on actual

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aircraft with actual message traffic

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before being purchased . This will

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enable the Air Force to pair the right

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application development talent to the

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right app while dramatically decreasing

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acquisitions risk . We are paving the

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way for a duty app store filled with

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cutting edge technologies such as

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artificial intelligence , cyber defense

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and manned unmanned teaming where any

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platform can download the software

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application tools they need when they

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need it . We are preparing in the next

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few months to demonstrate these crucial

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improvements by running an application

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designed and tested on the F- 35 that

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assists with the invasion of enemy

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surface to air missile sites on the F-

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22 with no redevelopment required . But

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this is only the start . We're working

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to make this a reality on any platform

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that can connect to their data . To

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advance this crucial change to our

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software acquisitions , we need $1.2

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million to demonstrate portable apps

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across fifth gen fighters . Third party

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applications on the Rapture as well as

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established the pathway needed to begin

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developing our future capabilities .

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This investment will establish the self

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sustaining software path we need for

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the future enabling future

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modernization appropriations to flow

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through this cheaper and faster

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pipeline project Fox will give us the

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tools we need to continue to uphold the

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legacy of american air dominance .

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Cutting edge software capabilities

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delivered fast and efficiently for the

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warfighter .