By Stephanie Kanowitz Jul 20, 2021 The Air Force Rapid Sustainment Office (RSO) announced an agreement with Google Cloud to build an open, agile and globally scalable system for aircraft maintenance. Announced July 16, the initiative, known as Project Lighthouse, will enable RSO to optimize maintenance readiness, increase staff productivity and reduce costs. Project Lighthouse creates a unified ecosystem that helps the office accelerate its goals and digitize for the future. “This project simplifies digital technology integration and creates a robust foundation for scaling to the enterprise,” Allen McCormick, chief of strategic communications and engagement at RSO, wrote in an email to GCN. “The sustainment mission has long been subject to slow innovation cycles, disparate legacy maintenance information … systems, and reliance on antiquated processes. This technology accelerates that cycle of change to make aircraft maintenance more responsive, efficient and cost-effective.”