Articles from January 2022

Patrick Highland and his wife pose for a photo in the OPL hangar

University of Iowa experimental test pilot, graduate research assistant promoted to Lieutenant Colonel

Friday, January 21, 2022
The U.S. Air Force has promoted a University of Iowa Technology Institute (ITI) graduate research assistant to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, an accomplishment recognized in a ceremony at ITI’s Operator Performance Lab in December.
Researchers work at computers in the Operator Performance Laboratory

The rise of A.I. fighter pilots

Friday, January 21, 2022
The University of Iowa Technology Institute's Operator Performance Laboratory is featured in the New Yorker article "The Rise of A.I. Fighter Pilots: Artificial intelligence is being taught to fly warplanes. Can the technology be trusted?"
A group of soldiers outside a door

Collins teams with UI, OPL to demonstrate communication systems

Friday, January 14, 2022
Amidst the Pentagon’s push for Combined Joint All Domain Command and Control initiatives, Collins Aerospace recently teamed with the University of Iowa to run a series of exercises focused on resilient networking, intelligent sensing and secure autonomous processing.
People attending a demonstration at OPL

Collins Aerospace demonstrates Live Networked Joint Fires in the multi-domain battlespace

Friday, January 14, 2022
Collins Aerospace demonstrated potential applications of resilient networking, intelligent sensing, and secure autonomous processing at the University of Iowa Operator Performance Lab in Iowa City.
A person inside a helicopter cockpit

UI military helicopters take off to demo tech for Joint Forces officials

Wednesday, January 12, 2022
University of Iowa Technology Institute has not one but two Mi-2 Hoplite helicopters, and this month both were airborne as part of a live flight test range demonstration incorporating high-powered night vision cameras mounted on the nose of one of the helicopters.