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Space Force Guardian, Master Sgt. Jerry Brock, operations flight chief with the 4th Space Operations Squadron, was recently selected to participate in the Phantom program through the DAF-MIT AI Accelerator, where he is helping integrate his operational expertise with advanced artificial intelligence and machine learning research to strengthen decision-making across the Department of the Air Force.

Guardian Phantom Increasing Readiness Through Innovation

By Capt. Amelia Leonard
The Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Workshop is scheduled to be held June 3-4, 2026 in Denver, Colo.Image shows backdrop of Denver with the words Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Workshop, location and dates listed below

Paper Submissions Requested for CVPR Conference

By Capt. Amelia Leonard
Image of Senior Airman Matthew Wright stands in front of MIT AIA wall mount

SHAPING THE FUTURE WITH AI

By Senior Airman Julia Ahaesy
Members of the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School pose for a group photo on Aug. 11, 2025, Cambridge, Mass.

Test Pilot School & DAF-MIT AI Accelerator Collaborate on Advanced AI Training
DAF-MIT Innovation and Technology Workshop

Embracing Technology for a Future of Unparalleled Excellence
A formation of planes on the runway.

MagNav Project Successfully Demonstrates Real-Time Magnetic Navigation
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DAF AI ACCELERATOR
Roadmap for Uncertainty Visual

Roadmap for Uncertainty Visual: Model of the three tenets to dealing with uncertainty
Infographic of DAF-MIT AI Accelerator Maneuver ID Challenge.

First Commercial Company Leverages DAF-MIT Maneuver ID Challenge to Advance AI
U.S. Air Force Capt. Zach Bauman and Maj. Jordan Tribble, personnel officers, assigned to the Department of the Air Force AI Accelerator as part of the phantom program work on the capstone project for cohort 6 in Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 19, 2022. Phantom Cohort 6 researched and explored options for artificial intelligence to assist/augment Basic Allowance for Housing. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Amber Williams)

Phantom C6 BAH Optimization Project
U.S. Air Force Airmen fly drones during a simulated personnel recovery operation at the MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 30, 2022.

DAF AI Accelerator hosts Learning Machines Course with MIT Media Lab

Master Sgt. Amber Williams

A team from the Air Force Institute of Technology, Air Force Research Lab, and Department of the Air Force/Massachusetts Institute of Technology Artificial Intelligence Accelerator prepare a Mag in a Box, a navigation system for GPS denied environments, for testing on a 445th Airlift Wing C-17 Globemaster III Aug 6, 2021. A team from the Air Force Institute of Technology, Air Force Research Lab, and Department of the Air Force/Massachusetts Institute of Technology Artificial Intelligence Accelerator are working on magnetic-navigation research and brought a stand-alone sensor to test on the C-17 help characterize the platform.

1st Lt. Ben Paulk, (right) a member of the Digital Phantom program and a program manager for AFNWC’s Nuclear Command, Control and Communications Integration Directorate at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., speaks to Col. Tucker Hamilton, director of the Department of the Air Force-Massachusetts Institute of Technology Artificial Intelligence Accelerator, at its headquarters in Cambridge, Mass., March 26.

U.S. Space Force Guardian, 1st Lt. Connor Brown, works remotely with the Department of the Air Force-Massachusetts Institute of Technology Artificial Intelligence Accelerator, Phantom Program, from Space Systems Command in El Segundo, Calif., June 10, 2022. The Phantom Program is a 4-month fellowship created to develop high-performing Air and Space Force professionals into future leaders and advocates of artificial intelligence and machine learning.

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