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The fruits of the labor being put into these projects are not only for the Air Force ’ s benefit , with wider society also standing to gain . Kanaan cites humanitarian disasters , such as the wildfires and hurricanes which have had a devastating impact on the US this year , as examples of situations that could benefit from its work . “ Humanitarian aid is a huge mission of the United States Air Force , as it is of the Army , the Navy , Coast Guard , and so on . AI has a role to play , and that can stretch across swarming drones to using computer vision , to predicting fire lines , to detecting people in flooded areas , and delivering telemedical health .”
In that spirit , public challenges have been established for the two-way sharing of information . “ The public challenges will ultimately help develop the associated projects for use in public society . And I think what I ’ m excited about is our release of some of these public challenges like magnetic navigation using earth ’ s magnetic sphere , for which you can find the public GitHub repository today .”
The initiatives are standing the Air and Space Forces in good stead
DECEMBER 2020