The Air Force is starting a new organization to field-test unmanned systems and artificial intelligence technologies in the Middle East, the service's top general in the region said.
The small task force, dubbed Detachment 99, will look for cheaper ways to detect Iran's aerial drones, Maj. Gen. Alexus Grynkewich, head of 9th Air Force (Air Forces Central), said Monday at the Air Force Association's annual Air, Space and Cyber Conference in Maryland.
"It's a small group of super-empowered airmen that I'm going to provide resources to so they can rapidly innovate and experiment in our literal sandbox that we have in the Middle East," Grynkewich said at the conference. ...
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