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Exposing The Data Makes JADC2 Possible

Exposing The Data Makes JADC2 Possible
Exposing The Data Makes JADC2 Possible

Aligning current and emerging technologies for Joint All-Domain Command and Control is the enabler that will let warfighters acquire data and quickly act on it by applying effects where they need them, when they need to, and on the timeline they need them.

Army Seeks New Tech For Capability Set 25

Army Seeks New Tech For Capability Set 25
Army Seeks New Tech For Capability Set 25

More quickly, efficiently, and effectively getting soldiers the working tech they need is a big goal of the capability sets.

Electronic Warfare Apps On Horizon For F-15s, Plus

Electronic Warfare Apps On Horizon For F-15s, Plus
Electronic Warfare Apps On Horizon For F-15s, Plus

The Air Force wants software “that can be fielded in the next two years and incrementally improved upon and integrated into EW systems currently in development for the F-15.”

NGA Faces Tech, Policy Hurdles To AI For Target Recognition

NGA Faces Tech, Policy Hurdles To AI For Target Recognition
NGA Faces Tech, Policy Hurdles To AI For Target Recognition

The IC has major policy questions to decide “before we just go off and build Skynet,” says NGA’s AI guru Joe Victor.

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Innovative, Advanced Technologies: DoD’s Secret Weapon in the Great Power Competition

Innovative, Advanced Technologies: DoD’s Secret Weapon in the Great Power Competition
Innovative, Advanced Technologies: DoD’s Secret Weapon in the Great Power Competition

Agile technology development incorporating artificial intelligence, 5G, and cloud into the network infrastructure will create the overmatch that the U.S. military needs.

Industry Starts Work On Weapons That Can See; Autonomy Comes Next

Industry Starts Work On Weapons That Can See; Autonomy Comes Next
Industry Starts Work On Weapons That Can See; Autonomy Comes Next

“Should we bias training data towards the weird stuff?,” asks Patrick Biltgen of Perspecta. “If there’s a war, we’re almost certain to see weird things we’ve never seen before.”

Treat AI As Intelligence — Not Technology

Treat AI As Intelligence — Not Technology
Treat AI As Intelligence — Not Technology

The US military is rolling out AI-enabled projects like the Air Force’s Airborne Battle Management System or the Army’s Project Convergence. But the novelty of these demonstrations and the effort required to pull them off suggest that—unlike Silicon Valley—DoD is struggling to incorporate AI into its combat systems, aircraft, ships, and other equipment.  DoD promulgated an…

Air Force Collaborative Pushes AI Frontiers — Fast

Air Force Collaborative Pushes AI Frontiers — Fast
Air Force Collaborative Pushes AI Frontiers — Fast

DARPA used the collaborative to find and contract the industry competitors in the AlphaDogfight which resulted in an AI ‘pilot’ built by Heron Systems beat a top Air Force F-16 pilot in a simulated WWII-style aerial battle.

New Air Combat Commander Kelly Wants AI ASAP

New Air Combat Commander Kelly Wants AI ASAP
New Air Combat Commander Kelly Wants AI ASAP

“We absorb more data that we can process, that’s just a non-negotiable fact,” says Gen. Mark Kelly.

ABMS Demo Proves AI Chops For C2

ABMS Demo Proves AI Chops For C2
ABMS Demo Proves AI Chops For C2

“Tanks shooting down cruise missiles is awesome — video game, sci-fi awesome,” Air Force acquisition czar Will Roper told a small group of reporters.

Navy Turns To AI To Save Billions In Fight Against Rust

Navy Turns To AI To Save Billions In Fight Against Rust
Navy Turns To AI To Save Billions In Fight Against Rust

“The AI technology behind this enabled the US Navy to quickly and seamlessly examine tens of thousands of images to prioritize the needs to be repaired immediately and or later on,” Mike Daniels, VP of Google Cloud’s Global Public Sector.

More Ambitious ABMS Demo Uses 5G: Roper

More Ambitious ABMS Demo Uses 5G: Roper
More Ambitious ABMS Demo Uses 5G: Roper

“ABMS is about taking the concept of the OODA Loop and transcending it from something that people do to something that machines do,” says Will Roper, AF acquisition czar.

Lockheed Martin Ventures Scouts Next-Gen AI/ML Tech

Lockheed Martin Ventures Scouts Next-Gen AI/ML Tech
Lockheed Martin Ventures Scouts Next-Gen AI/ML Tech

“There’s a massive scramble for autonomy engineers, software — you name it,” says Chris Moran, Lockheed Martin executive director.

NRO Taps AI For Future ‘Hybrid Architecture’

NRO Taps AI For Future ‘Hybrid Architecture’
NRO Taps AI For Future ‘Hybrid Architecture’

“Artificial intelligence and machine learning onboard the satellites to help us control the constellations is absolutely critical,” says NRO Director Chris Scolese. For ground stations, too.