With this prototype, we are revolutionizing the way Commander’s retrieve, view, and act on unit data to make decisions. The team then created a Dashboard available to those with Vault access that not only gathers ADS-B data but also gives a visual representation of flight paths for a given area. Team Orange was tasked to gather all data for a given time period to compare with current TSPI data for a given Test Event. The Multi Domain Test Force worked to utilize test events known as Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast along with current Time-Space-Position Information to validate mission data. Hackathon Winners (Descriptions Provided by Teams)ġst- Team Orange (The Multi Domain Test Force Environment Truth Characterization) Additional recognition was awarded for overall Impact, creativity, and completeness. “Even outside of the Hackathon I can get together with people and start pushing our own software for the squadron to start alleviating some of the pressure we have.”Īt the end of the Hackathon week, the participating teams were judged and awarded 1st through 3rd place recognition by an AFTC leadership panel. “Coming into this I’m realizing some cool capabilities that we have now,” he said. Noah Diamon, 418th Flight Test Squadron flight test engineer, participating in his first Hackathon event, took away a much broader end game. “Having the ability to do that is very valuable and I think that we could make leaps and bounds,” said Bolen. Specifically specifying periods where team members can set aside time and focus solely on a singular problem and solution. Scott Bolen, 461st Flight Test Squadron RADAR test engineer, hopes to implement a similar forum where he works and focus on programming with Python to make tools and utilities. “During the event, we were able to, within one day, provision a Databricks cluster (industry-leading data science computing platform) on VAULT which allowed us to achieve massive compute scale.
“This platform – VAULT - brings a capability to your normal NIPR machine that most people would only dream of,” said Soileau. Though the participants worked collectively from different locations, they utilized the VAULT cloud data science platform from the Air Force Chief Data Office, to collaborate their efforts. “Helping the problem owners think about their mission problem as a big data problem, coaching new members of the team in the skills required to lead teams of data experts, and educating the workforce on what tools are out there.” “This event is like an iceberg, there's so much work that goes into it behind the scenes and we get so much value from the process of putting it on,” said Soileau. “We use this event as an opportunity to simultaneously identify and develop organic capability (in terms of both people and technology), solve real data problems, and drive digital transformation within Test.”ĭuring the August event, ten problems were presented and each successfully assigned a team of problem solvers from not only AFTC participants but members of Air Combat Command and Air Force Special Operations Command as well. “We've come a long way since November of last year, in terms of our event maturity, our technology base, and also in terms of the sophistication and scale of the solutions that we're coming up with during each of these events,” said Soileau. Troy Soileau, 96th Cyberspace Test Group Chief Data Officer, and Nathan “CAP’N” Cook, 96th Operations Group Chief Data Officer, is now on its third iteration and has already attracted attention from Air Force level offices. Working virtually in real-time, participants across AFTC, the 412th Test Wing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., the 96th Test Wing at Eglin AFB, Fla., and Arnold Engineering Development Complex, Tenn., combined efforts to tackle complex sourced problems with open-source and Air Force provided tools. Participants, aka hackers, get experience working on real problems by implementing the data tools at our disposal via local resources. These events provide zero-cost solutions in the areas of Data Science and Data Engineering.
The AFTC Data Hackathon is a way to match data-talented or data-curious members of the AFTC community with real-world problems that desperately need their help. Air Force Test Center hosted its third Data Hackathon virtually and in person at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., August 8-12.
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