Air Force DASH Sprint Pioneers Human-Machine Teaming for Faster Battle Management Decisions

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U.S. Air Force Col. Jonathan Zall, Advanced Battle Management System Cross-Functional Team Capability Integration chief, center, answers participating industry partners questions during the Department of the Air Force’s first Decision Advantage Sprint for Human-Machine Teaming, or DASH, experiment, at the Howard Hughes Operations, or H2O, Center in Las Vegas, Nev., April 8, 2025. This two-week event brought together operational warfighters and industry and Shadow Operations Center-Nellis software developers to prototype microservices aimed at accelerating and improving decision-making in high-tempo battle management scenarios framed by the Transformational Model. (The image has been cropped to focus on the subjects.) (U.S. Air Force photo)
U.S. Air Force Col. Jonathan Zall, Advanced Battle Management System Cross-Functional Team Capability Integration chief, center, answers participating industry partners questions during the U.S. Department of the Air Force’s first Decision Advantage Sprint for Human-Machine Teaming, or DASH, experiment, at the Howard Hughes Operations, or H2O, Center in Las Vegas, NV, April 8, 2025. This two-week event brought together operational warfighters and industry and Shadow Operations Center-Nellis software developers to prototype microservices aimed at accelerating and improving decision-making in high-tempo battle management scenarios framed by the Transformational Model. (The image has been cropped to focus on the subjects.) (U.S. Air Force photo).

June 23, 2025 | Originally published by Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) on June 16, 2025

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – The Department of the Air Force took a bold step toward future command and control capabilities with the successful completion of its first Decision Advantage Sprint for Human-Machine Teaming, or DASH, experiment, recently held at the Howard Hughes Operations Center, or H2O, in Las Vegas, NV.

“The DASH experiment showed how machine support can dramatically reduce decision time and improve decision quality for air battle managers working in complex operational environments,” said Col. Christopher Cannon, Advanced Battle Management Cross-Functional Team lead. “Battle management teams were exercising command and control decision advantage.”

This two-week event brought together operational U.S. and Canadian warfighters, industry, and Shadow Operations Center-Nellis, or ShOC-N, software developers, to prototype microservices aimed at accelerating and improving decision-making in high-tempo battle management scenarios framed by the Transformational Model for Decision Advantage developed by the ABMS CFT.