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Mcconnell Air Force Base's innovation

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lab is collaborating with drone

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manufacturers , Sky and Boeing to

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introduce a new drone program aimed to

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reduce maintenance man hours and

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increase production . The new

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initiative will use the drone's utility

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in maintenance hangar by scanning a KC

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46 A Pegasus with Boeing's artificial

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intelligence and automatic damage

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detection software . The drone utilizes

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computer vision to build a 3d model of

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its environment allowing it to navigate

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and conduct scans without manual input .

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Sky's Director of Air Force Business

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says the drone will identify issues

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that may take 3 to 5 maintainers over

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an hour to solve and solve them within

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minutes . A joint team of airmen and

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guardians successfully launched an

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unarmed Minuteman three

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intercontinental ballistic missile from

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Vandenberg Space War base California .

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This is the second test in a week

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demonstrating the US nuclear deterrent

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is safe , secure , reliable and

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effective . The data collected from the

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launch will help evaluate system

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performance and maintain a strong

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nuclear deterrent . Colonel Chris Cruz

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3 77th test and evaluation group

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commander says the success of two test

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launches in one week shows the

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professionalism of airmen and guardians

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while also demonstrating the US S

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commitment to serving as the

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cornerstone of security for allies and

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partners across the globe . Eligible

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Department of the Air Force civilian

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personnel can now take the 2024 federal

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employee viewpoint survey which is open

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until June 28 . The government wide

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survey is administered by the Office of

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Personnel Management for Federal

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civilian employees and helps the

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department to maximize strengths and

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improve work environments . It includes

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questions about work life , job

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satisfaction engagement , performance ,

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management and communication results

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from the survey allow workforce

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managers to identify successful

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improvements in areas that still need

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attention . That's your look around the

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Air Force . I'm Staff Sergeant ,

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Stephanie Barge .