KESSEL RUN NEWS
Kessel Run's C2IMERA used during Afghan evacuation
C2IMERA, which stands for Command and Control Incident Management Emergency Response Application, is an application focused on reporting, planning, force generation, emergency management, and command and control monitoring and execution.
Kessel Run nominated for Aviation Week Network award
The Kessel Run All Domain Operations Suite (KRADOS), is a suite of applications that streamlines the Air Tasking Order process, by automating planning functions previously completed manually or through stand-alone systems or applications.
Vice Chief of German Air Force Visits Kessel Run
Lt. Gen. Dr. Ansgar Rieks and members of his staff toured Kessel Run’s facility in Boston, Sept. 8. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Detachment 12, also known as Kessel Run, is revolutionizing Air Force software acquisition...
Kessel Run’s ADCP contributes to Open Source Operator Community
Kessel Run, officially known as Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Detachment 12, is a software development and acquisition’s unit. The submission came from the All Domain Common Platform...
Air Combat Command asks for C2IMERA
C2IMERA, which stands for Command and Control Incident Management Emergency Response Application, is being directed for use by all ACC installations, as a result of the application's successful implementation across more than 40 Air Force Installations.
Kessel Runners selected for Defense Ventures Fellowship
The Defense Venture Fellowship is a Small Business Innovation Research Phase 3 program run by the San Francisco based company Shift and overseen by AFWERX. The Immersion Program is funded by the Department of Defense, and focuses on connecting DoD personnel with industry and venture capitalists in a shared learning environment.
Kessel Run delivers Chaos Engineering Practices to Black Pearl
Kessel Run has begun the process of delivering Chaos Engineering Practices to Black Pearl - practices with the potential to enhance all software development units within the Department of Defense.
Exclusive interview with Lt. Gen. Chris Weggeman
Kessel Run is pleased to be joined by the Deputy Commander of Air Combat Command (ACC), Lt. Gen. Christopher Weggeman. Sir, thank you so much for taking the time to speak with us today.
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Chief Digital Transformation Officer visits Kessel Run
Stuart Wagner spent the day learning about Kessel Run at One Beacon, Boston, June 22. Wagner is Chief Digital Transformation Officer for the Air Force and Space Force. Wagner spent the day learning about how Kessel Run...
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NATO purchases DoD Software application developed by Kessel Run
A Department of Defense software application was purchased by NATO and used to plan air-to-air refueling (AAR) operations during Ramstein Ambition 21, a two week exercise, recently.
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Q&A with Maj. Gen. Russ L. Mack
Maj. Gen. Russ L. Mack sat down with Kessel Run to discuss distributed Command and Control, and the future of operations for the United States Air Force. Mack spent the day at Kessel Run receiving briefs and touring the facility.
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Lt. Gen. Haugh visits Kessel Run
Lt. Gen. Timothy Haugh speaks with Col. Brian Beachkofski while touring a Kessel Run facility on Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., May 13. Haugh visited Kessel Run to receive briefs about Kessel Run’s various applications and platforms.
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609th AOC optimizes ATO production, first to use KRADOS operationally
U.S. Air Forces Central’s 609th Air Operations Center made history this week when it became the first AOC to operationally utilize the Kessel Run All Domain Operations Suite to plan and execute the Master Air Attack Plan.
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Kessel Run Reaches AOC WS Modernization Milestone
During a quarterly senior leader review, Kessel Run and Air Combat Command leaders agreed the Air Operations Center Weapon System (AOC WS) program has met an important milestone on the path toward replacing its legacy command and control planning and execution capabilities.
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AFRC Partners with Kessel Run to Launch Project SUPRA
The Air Force Reserve and Kessel Run recently kicked-off a new software development program named Project SUPRA (Super UTAPS Product Replacement with AROWS).
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Army Chief Technology Officer Tours Kessel Run
Col. Brian Beachkofski, Commander of Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Detachment 12, (also known as Kessel Run) gives Dr. William Cohen, the Chief Technology Officer and Principal Advisor to the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisitions, Logistics, and Technology, a tour of a Kessel Run facility on Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., April 8.
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U.S. Strategic Command Commander tours Kessel Run
Admiral Charles “Chas” A. Richard receives a brief about Kessel Run’s various applications and platforms, during a tour of their headquarters in Boston, March 18, 2021.
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Q&A with General Charles Q. Brown Jr.
Chief of Staff of the Air Force, General Charles Q. Brown discusses the future of software and artificial intelligence with Kessel Run in this exclusive interview.
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What is a DevSecOps Unit?
The Department of Defense (DoD) has seldom built anything of its own, purchasing numerous materials, platforms, weapons, infrastructure, and technologies from the commercial sector for centuries.
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Kessel Run Deploys KRADOS to Air Operation Center
This is an important milestone in the journey to modernize the AOC and eventually realize the vision of the Block 20, distributed AOC weapon system, allowing the service to later deprecate the existing 10.1 Falconer Weapon System.
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Adam Furtado Wins FedScoop Disruptor of the Year
Each year, the FedScoop 50 Awards honor the best and the brightest who make the federal government more efficient and effective.
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Kessel Run, Kobayashi Maru Join Forces In Recent Collaboration
Kessel Run and Kobayashi Maru are members of an expanding and moderately publicized Department of Defense software ecosystem modernizing the United States Air Force
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Virtual Kessel Runner Hackathon
What happens when you calculate the sum of 72 hours, 63 hackers and one championship belt in a place where intense customer focus and a bias for action are part of the daily routine?
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Kessel Run Innovates Its Hiring Practices
For the businesses and agencies which remained, the challenges also created real obstacles to maintaining or growing its work force amid all the changes..
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- AI commission tells DOD to get AI infrastructure ready by 2025, or else
- Kessel Runners selected for Defense Ventures Fellowship
- What is a DevSecOps Unit?
- Will Roper to whoever replaces him at Air Force: Stay agile
- The US Government Needs to Invest in Digital Design
- Biden calls for ‘most ambitious effort ever’ to modernize federal IT, cybersecurity
- Kessel Run Deploys KRADOS to Air Operations Center
- Kessel Run listed as having best recruiting solutions
- Advanced Battle Management System test
- Fireside Chat with Air Force DevSecOps Leaders
- DISA's updated strategic plan puts focus on cyber, enterprise services
- JADC2 Spurring Changes to Fighter Jets, Ops Centers
- Defense Department Wants to Expand Acquisition Framework
- This is what the Air Force can do to recruit and retain women cyber warriors
- Raytheon wins pair of Air Force and Navy IT contracts
- Air Force Mulling New Career Fields for Coders, Data Analysts
- Adam Furtado Wins FedScoop Disruptor of the Year
- Hannah Hunt named Forbes 30 under 30 for Enterprise Technology
- Defense Department Seeks to Achieve Agile, Adaptive Acquisition
- JAIC wants to focus on data and decisions, not tech
- USAF’s Rapid Capabilities Office to Oversee ABMS Development, Procurement
- Kessel Run, Kobayashi Maru Join Forces In Recent Collaboration
- Joint Staff developing service-wide campaign plan for multidomain operations
- Air Force To Hold ‘Next-Gen’ War Drills With Aim Of Thwarting Russia, China
- US Air Force prepares for its first information warfare exercise
- US Air Force chief’s top modernization priorities aren’t what you think they are
- Pentagon Expands Hypersonics Transition Office
- Air Force implements dog-like robots into patrolling regiment to enhance security and safety
- Bureaucracy, Leaders May Not Be Built For Rapid Software Deveopment
- With air bases at risk, Agile Combat Employment must mature
- Senate Appropriators Want Air Force Acquisition Strategy for ABMS
- Extending Human Performance Through Technology: The Promise of JADC2
- Air Force Leads Multi-Gov Agency Security Platform For Commercial Mobile Devices
- Kessel Runner, Hanscom Units Win DoD Acquisition Awards
- How is the Air Force looking to spend its $60 billion R&D budget?
- Aging Air Force IT ‘Biggest Challenge’ To JADC2 Progress
- Air Force Working To Create Mesh Of Information Warfare Assets
- Data Sharing Hurdles Stymie JADC2: CSAF Brown
- JADC2 ‘On The Right Track,’ Says NORTHCOM’s VanHerck
- Smaller, Lighter Hardware, Rapid Software Deployment Prove Successful In F-35 Testing
- New AFLCMC Boss Discusses Need To Leverage Acquisition, Technology Resources
- Air Force Digital University Attracts 5,000 Attendees With More Than 7,000 Offerings
- Pentagon Issues Strategy to Better Harness Data
- First Lockheed Martin F-35s loaded with ODIN hardware
- DOD developing new ways to fund agile software development
- US Army, Air Force sign agreement to develop joint all-domain concept
- High-End Warfare Will Require Distributed Sensing
- Senate confirms next Air Force vice chief of staff
- Future Defense Task Force: Scrap obsolete weapons and boost AI
- Time Names CSAF One Of The Top 100 Influential People Of 2020
- Air Force to Test Weapons Swarming Software in October
- Air Force Tests Warfare Networking System During Two-Week Exercise
- From weapons to workforce, digital centricity is the Air Force's new motto
- CHAILLAN: IN FLIGHT SOFTWARE UPDATES ARE A "GAMECHANGER"
- Next Generation Air Dominance Fighter Built, Flies, Sets Records
- SecAF Announces "E-Series" Approach, Upfront Digital Engineering And Testing
- Roper on IT: It’s the invisible power that will allow those physical things to dominate
- Kessel Run grows rapidly, seen as model for DoD
- New AF Deputy CIO Promotes Digital Education, Enticing Industry Talent
- Air Forces Tests "Robotic Dogs" During Recent ABMS Event
- Kessel Run Participates In ABMS Second "Onramp" Exercise
- Kessel Run Innovates Its Hiring Practices
- CSAF presents his eight-page strategic approach for the USAF, ‘Accelerate Change or Lose’
- Kessel Run Tapped To Assist F-35 Software Development
- JADC2: More Rapidly Delivering Data To Those Who Need It Most
- Air Force Looking To "Skyborg" For Advancement In Air Wars, Product Acquisition
- Air Force Appoints New Deputy CIO
- Virtual Kessel Runner Hackathon
- Roper hosts AMA, discusses ABMS importance, scaling and capabilities
- Achieving Gains In Government IT Performance With DevSecOps
- DoD Innovation, Speed Must Increase To Modernize
- Kessel Run tests Torque software elements with CV-22, 71st AMU at Kirtland AFB
- Digital University Advances Skills Development In Technologies For Airmen
- AF Secretary Visits Nellis AFB, Talks Agile Software Development
- Air Force continues to lead on cloud, software factories
- Kessel Run Continues To Lead On Hybrid Acquisition
- GitLab Offers CI/CD Platform as Hardened Container Image
- Kessel Run model used to launch software factory at Army Futures Command
- Kessel Run Helped Pioneer Use of Unclassified Resources To Code Within DoD
- POTUS Nominates Four AF Generals For New Assignments
- Air Force Chief Information Security Officer cites Kessel Run
- New top senior enlisted leader chosen by incoming Chief of Staff of the Air Force
- Senate approves nomination of next Chief of Staff of the Air Force
- Kessel Run Chief of Staff helps develop Air Force digital intern program
- Air Force's New Software Lab in Boston Aims for High Speed
- Cost of Delay--How PCF Helped Demonstrate the DoD Can't Afford Business as Usual
- From No Delivery to Continuous Delivery: How the Air Force Gave In and Embraced Industry
- Adam Furtado, US Air Force, Cloud Foundry Summit 2018, Silicon ANGLE the CUBE
- AFCENT innovation summit fuels thoughtful debate on future Air Force and DoD operations
- AOC Pathfinder is Saving USAF Big Money, And It Wants More of It
- US military teams up with Silicon Valley to revolutionize the battlefield
- US military, Silicon Valley team up to advance air combat
- Mattis Turns to Tech Advisers for Help to Modernize Military
- The Pentagon has tried to get Silicon Valley on its side for years. Now it’s part of the air war against ISIS.
- Air Force Cancels Northrop Air Operations Network Upgrade
- Air Force cancels Air Operations Center 10.2 contract, starts new pathfinder effort
- Kessel Run uses technology to broadcast change of command ceremony
- The Kessel Run Team receives the Gen. Larry O. Spencer Innovation Award.
- Section 31: Bringing the Space and Missile Systems Center's software factory to life
- How the US Air Force's Kessel Run team plans to solve one of the F-35 program's biggest headaches.
- The experimental lab is looking for partners to supply “the best software developers in the world.”
- How the Air Force’s new software team is proving its worth.
- Lauren Knausenberger & Bryon Kroger, US Air Force—SpringOne Platform 2018
- SecAF Wilson urges innovation in software acquisition model
- The AF learned to code - and saved the Pentagon hundreds of millions of dollars
- US Air Force opens Kessel Run Experimentation Lab in Boston
- Air Force lab takes aim at Han Solo's record
- Kessel Run Hits Hyperdrive