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The U.S. Air Force has enjoyed—and earned—a reputation for advancing innovation and pushing the envelope to maintain every technological advantage.
Our scientists and engineers play the central role in maintaining Air Force leadership and superiority in air, space, and cyberspace. They are working on the cutting edge of research and development in advanced Air Force laboratories and dedicated facilities around the country.
At 16,000 strong, our team of STEM professionals is unrivaled in the breadth of their exploration and discovery—discoveries that impact the defense of the nation and the lives of each American. GPS, advanced meteorological equipment, special and exotic materials, and many other systems and innovations play an important role in convenience and safety of our daily lives.
They work with advanced technology and on projects their counterparts in the private sector and academia only dream about—a real professional advantage—in realms as diverse as the environment to nuclear physics, from toxicology to geophysics, from mathematics to applied chemistry.
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Fueled by innovation, ingenuity, and a start-up mentality, Unified Platform/LevelUP Code Works is the principal cyber factory for the Air Force, developing rapidly deployable software capabilities in support of the Department of the Air Force and the Department of Defense’s most critical cyber missions. It’s responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining the Development/Security/Operations (DevSecOps) software development toolkit across the Department of Defense and the armed services.
Black Label supports Offensive Cyber Warfare and Information Warfare for the Department of the Air Force and the Department of Defense by providing advanced DevSecOps capabilities and technologies that streamline software development and deploy it in non-traditional, innovative ways to meet warfighters’ every need the instant they need it.
Platform One is the official Development, Security, and Operations (DevSecOps) enterprise of the Department of Defense (DoD), congregating the top capabilities of the Software Factories at the core of its software ecosystem to create Cloud Native Computer Foundation (CNCF)-compliant Kubernetes distributions, infrastructure as code playbooks, hardened containers, and other Customer DevSecOps Platforms with baked-in security.
EITaaS partners with industry leaders to incorporate best-in-class commercial technology to standardize Department of the Air Force (DAF) IT services, improving the agility, reliability, and resiliency of IT data operations, while maximizing user productivity and optimizing mission readiness enterprise-wide.
Business and Enterprise System Product Innovation (BESPIN) develops cutting-edge digital solutions for Airmen and Guardians that delivers exceptional custom mobile experiences reliably anywhere, anytime, improving safety, quality of life, and mission success.
Kessel Run’s primary mission is to create scalable digital architecture to optimize all-domain command and control capabilities that define the next-generation air dominance systems, accelerate dynamic targeting, and establish a more resilient operating presence through Agile Combat Employment.
Cloud One provides valuable tools to significantly reduce software development costs while deploying powerful Risk Management Framework processes that allow applications to inherit a common infrastructure and entry-point for negotiating the cloud.