ROYAL AIR FORCE
CORPORAL KYLE HARPER
Kyle Harper has spent 18 years within the RAF Communications world as a technician . Watching the trade and the force as a whole evolve as technology advances has given him the passion to drive the future of the Cyber Space Aviator forward . Working within the Application eXploitation flight at 90SU has given him the platform to bring his passions and aptitudes to light . Recently recognised as one of the MOD ’ s most innovative minds he has embraced the Agile ways of working and is heavily involved in RAF Digitals vision of the next generation of the RAF ’ s Cyber Coders .
KYLE HARPER
TITLE : JNCO APPLICATION EXPLOITATION AND AIR HOSTING CAPABILITIES
EXECUTIVE BIO
“ I work in the Application eXploitation ( AX ) flight , which is part of 90SU . “ Application eXploitation looks into the innovation of applications , coding languages and hosting platforms . We look at low code technology , such as power apps and are now broadening into high code applications as well .
“ We have customers within the military come to us requesting help and assistance with admin processes that could be digitised . We will carry out discovery phases with the customer and collate all information to prepare for the design and implementation phases of the low code applications . We are starting to look into developing in high code languages . Which is everything ground up utilising basic coding languages such as Python . This enables us to build bespoke applications from a blank canvas – exactly what the user requires .
“ The digital aviator can come in many forms . At present , the aptitude test to become a digital aviator doesn ’ t look specifically at coding elements . I personally believe we need to delve deeper into people ' s skills , passions and aptitudes , maybe look at seeing if they have those attributes in coding before we look at upskilling the individual – We need to start utilising our right people for the right job . Only then will we empower those abilities as an RAF digital aviator .”
164 January 2022