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Friday, October 25, 2013

Ofek Unit Partakes in Hackathon

24-hour period to create own software for IAF Officers

Last week as a final project to becoming officers, the IAF's elite Ofek unit were tasked with developing their own computer software within a 24-hour period.

In the final round of a 10-week course for the Israel Air Force's computer unit, soldiers of the Ofek unit competed to create a unique version of Facebook's 24-hour hackathon. These officers pitched their software ideas, developed within a single day, to their IAF commanders. The unit aims to advance the current technology needs in the military, that span everyone from IAF's aircraft and command control to logisticas of the human resources department.

The concept for the scheme is to figure out to best guard and maintain a higher level of comprehension and capability for the soldiers and officers. “Entrepreneurship and innovation are the key values of our unit,” says Lt. A, one of two course commanders for this group of future Ofek officers. “The role of our future officers is to exploit their programming capabilities for the development of the Israel Air Force and the IDF as a whole.”

One of the four groups decided to address the IDF issues by developing software to track the courses of their dates and allow any soldier to sign up for the courses. The aim sought to minimize the wait-time and allow transparency for soldiers.

A second project was presented involving soldiers fitness regime. Non-combat soldiers in various units of the IDF are restricted when it comes to fitness, as most are in front of a computer. The group launched software that soldiers to utilize to maintain health through the day, despite desk-riding jobs. It also leverages the concept of socializing involved in fitness to encourage healthy lifestyles.

Lt. O., the course's second commander explained of the relevance of the task “this is about much more than personal development of our soldiers. It’s about the progression of the military and soldiers’ lives as a whole with the ideas and software being developed and advanced here.”

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