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On the DoD’s list of modernizations, few are higher than understanding how artificial intelligence can be best applied, operationalized, and trusted.
By Breaking DefenseMilitary innovation and savings: Go commercial
DoD uses FAR Part 12 acquisitions to save hundreds of millions of dollars in “of a type” systems like civil landing systems with applicability to military aircraft.
AI analysis of sensor data, including new kinds of quantum-based detection, could give a lethal edge in undersea warfare — to either the Australia-UK-US alliance or to China.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
“Right now we’re going through dealing with some of the security challenges,” Steve Wallace told Breaking Defense. “So I’m hoping the first half of this calendar year. The sooner … the better.”
By Jaspreet Gill
A new “white paper” from Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman, obtained by Breaking Defense, stresses the foundational role of timely space domain awareness in ensuring that Space Force commanders are not caught flat-footed by adversaries.
By Theresa Hitchens
A new report from Britain’s RUSI and America’s SCSP argues only tough, politically savvy leadership can force the armed services to scrap enough existing systems to free up funds for an AI-driven revolution in warfare.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
The service is also currently developing a risk management framework for Project Linchpin, the Army’s first program of record to help build out a trusted artificial intelligence/machine learning pipeline, according to Jen Swanson, deputy assistant secretary of the Army for data, engineering and software.
By Jaspreet Gill
“I think that there’s a recognition that the sorts of norms we’re trying to promote are things that all countries should be able to get behind,” Pentagon emerging capabilities official Michael Horowitz said.
By Jaspreet Gill
Millennium Space Systems is delivering on critical missile tracking constellation
With programs like MTC, Millennium Space Systems is redefining what it means to be an operational prime – rapidly delivering operational small sat constellations on rapid timelines.
Breaking Defense reporting about what the Defense Department wants out of its next generation cloud capability, DIA artificial intelligence strategy, NGA’s Project Maven updates and more can be found in our latest eBook.
By Breaking Defense
From more sophisticated systems like the Air Force’s collaborative combat aircraft to cheap kamikaze weapons, the drone had its heyday in 2023 — and promises, coupled with AI, to be a much bigger part of future warfighting.
By Michael Marrow
Over the last 11 months, the US has made major progress in defining “Responsible Military Use of Artificial Intelligence” and even getting other nations to sign on the idea — without ever actually precluding the kind of automated “killer robots” activists want to ban.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
Former CIA deputy director of analysis Linda Weissgold says AI won’t replace human analysts, but she’s come around to a nuanced view of the tech.
By Lee Ferran
This year Breaking Defense heard straight from some top network and tech officials in the Pentagon about their ambitious plans.
By Jaspreet Gill
“We are in a very interesting era and we want to make sure that we are complying with the [Department of Defense] ethical AI principles,” Ramesh Menon, DIA chief technology officer, told reporters today.
By Jaspreet Gill
“I don’t care what it takes to get after the threat. That’s really the cultural change that we’re embarking upon,” SSC head Lt. Gen. Michael Guetlein told the Space Force Association’s inaugural Spacepower conference.
By Theresa Hitchens
