Technology Magazine October 2019 | Page 18

US AIR FORCE
18 platforms has allowed the Air Force to operate at heightened speeds , providing access to cloud capabilities to airmen within days to enable software development on the cloud or leveraging artificial intelligence ( AI ). “ This is game changing for us ,” affirms Chaillan . “ The current process takes around six to eight months for someone to be granted access to a cloud to deploy software there .” With the initiative focusing on marrying automated software tools , baked-in cybersecurity , services and standards to the DoD program , it is
set to enable fighters in the field to create , deploy and operate software applications in a secure and flexible way . “ Having started nine years ago , DevOps has become the evolution of
OCTOBER 2019