TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE (AFB), Calif. – The 60th Mission Support Group hosted the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) as they initiated the testing of the Base Oversight of Autonomous Response System on March 16, 2024. During this visit, the team from Project BOAR initiated a capabilities test during the Travis AFB Wings Over Solano air show and open-house hosting leadership from the installation to include U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Derek Salmi, 60th Air Mobility Wing Commander, Col. Patrick Brady Lee, 349th Air Mobility Wing Commander, and Col. Jason Herring, 621st Contingency Response Commander.
Project BOAR, a product of AFRL, is a system designed to control multiple unmanned vehicles of all kinds, encompassing land, air, sea, and undersea from a centralized command and control station. These vehicles are referred to as “UxV’s.” BOAR will enable central control and monitoring of UxV operations such as emergency response, building inspections, threat detection, and more.