Edwards summit pushes to port data systems wing-wide

Official Statements

• 412th Test Wing, November 12: “Testing a new military aircraft and software once took years of rigid phases, but that timetable is shrinking to weeks or even days. As adversaries rapidly deploy new technologies, the 412th Test Wing is accelerating flight test to move at the "speed of relevance," delivering rapid, continuous technological upgrades that give warfighters an immediate tactical advantage.”

• 412th Test Wing, November 12: "We are at an inflection point in time," said Daniel Stevenson, 412th Test Wing senior technical director. "Our ability to move faster than our enemies is critical, and we can't afford to lose a day." While technical solutions are often engineered to solve a specific unit’s challenges, these breakthroughs can be scaled across the test enterprise to resolve similar problems, accelerate timelines and reduce operating costs.”

• 412th Test Wing, November 12: “With that collaborative goal in mind, the 412th Test Wing hosted a Data Analysis Tools Summit at Edwards Air Force Base, California, Nov. 3. Presenters showcased innovative software, digital architectures and analytical platforms designed to make flight testing faster and more efficient across the wing. Rather than limiting the event to traditional IT specialists, organizers opened the summit to anyone across the installation developing code, software or digital tools. The event gave problem-solvers and solution-seekers a venue to network, collaborate and adapt existing digital solutions to their own missions.”

• 412th Test Wing, November 12: “Gauri Bhamidipati, 412th Test Engineering Group, showcased the One Mission Networked Intelligence initiative during the Data Analysis Tools Summit at Edwards Air Force Base, California, Nov. 3. OMNI allows data from multiple test locations and scenarios flows directly into a single, integrated environment configured to store, process and analyze combined telemetry in real time.”

• 412th Test Wing, November 12: “Among the featured presenters was Gauri Bhamidipati from the 412th Test Engineering Group, who showcased the One Mission Networked Intelligence initiative. Previously, engineers spent months making data systems from different test sites compatible, followed by lengthy delays to transfer collected data to a central hub for analysis. With OMNI, data from multiple test locations and scenarios flows directly into a single, integrated environment configured to store, process and analyze combined telemetry in real time.”

• 412th Test Wing, November 12: “Bhamidipati brought the working OMNI prototype to the summit and encouraged attendees to test its capabilities firsthand. "A picture is worth 1,000 words, but an actual live demo is worth a million," Bhamidipati said. Addressing mission management workflows, John Poindexter of the 775th Test Squadron presented the Enterprise Solution to Plan-Execute-Report. The ESPER platform consolidates critical flight test phases, including program management, test plans, test cards, scheduling, and post-flight debriefs, into a single digital workflow. By unifying these stages, the tool enables automated reporting and swiftly flags potential system deficiencies.”

• 412th Test Wing, November 12: "It's the end of a bunch of disjointed, separate Word docs and Excel spreadsheet trackers that three different engineers might have, none of which match up with good data," Poindexter said. "The future vision is to integrate this through an API available to everyone, all the time."

• 412th Test Wing, November 12: “To address the demand for secure super intelligence, a member of the 812th Test Support Squadron demonstrated the Secure Plug and Play AI for Restricted Knowledge. Operating securely within classified networks, SPARK brings the capabilities of commercial AI into a restricted military environment. It searches, reads and extracts relevant flight test data from restricted repositories, answering complex user inquiries while citing exact source documentation. Superintelligence is doing more than automating tasks. It is arming warfighters with decisive information superiority, signaling an operational evolution from standard automation to high-level strategic intelligence.”

• 412th Test Wing, November 12: "Our adversaries have similar technological building blocks we do," said Guillermo Ortiz, 412th Test Wing senior technical director assistant. "To maintain superiority, we must outpace them by rapidly converting raw ideas and data discoveries into protected operational advantages."