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All-source intelligence can be leveraged by artificial intelligence and machine learning to inform CONOPS like Joint All Domain Command and Control.
By Breaking Defense![AI can make logistics data as valuable as intelligence or operational data for mission success](https://breakingdefense.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/03/Progress-MarkLogic-photo-225x150.jpg)
Valuable intelligence insights can be gleaned from logistics or flight-test data when artificial intelligence or machine learning is applied.
By Breaking Defense![A major overhaul is coming in software for missile warning](https://breakingdefense.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/03/SciTech-is-fielding-software-that-performs-manipulations-needed-to-turn-raw-sensor-data-from-national-missile-detection-and-tracking-sensors-into-actionable-tracks.-Image-courtesy-of-SciTech-225x150.jpg)
Space Systems Command’s FORGE program is the first, major missile-warning software modernization effort in 20 years.
By Breaking Defense![How to “out-curious” military adversaries with Earth-sensing data](https://breakingdefense.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2023/12/Planet-Spotlight-Featured-Image-12.11.23-225x150.jpg)
It’s not just about what one image of Earth can reveal, it’s about what a series of images through time in one location can tell you.
By Breaking Defense![Army asks industry for best acquisition approach for Vantage data platform re-compete](https://breakingdefense.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2023/10/3472038-1-scaled-e1696963690988-225x150.jpg)
In January, Army Under Secretary Gabe Camarillo said the Army was moving away from a single-vendor approach the service has used in the past and was planning to award multiple vendors a spot for the re-compete.
By Jaspreet Gill![NATO To Invest In C2 For Strategic Pivot: China Rises As Alliance Threat](https://breakingdefense.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/07/NATO2-225x150.jpg)
“China is not mentioned with one single word in the current Strategic Concept,” said NATO SecGen Jens Stoltenberg. “In one [way] or the other, I’m absolutely certain China will be reflected, and the challenges that China poses will be reflected” in the planned 2022 update.
By Theresa Hitchens![New NGA Tech Strategy Aims At AI Integration](https://breakingdefense.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/06/ViceAdmSharpGeoint2019-225x150.jpg)
NGA’s 2020 Technology Focus Areas are “what we’re looking for;” whereas the upcoming technology strategy outlines “how we’d like to change,” explains Mark Munsell, NGA chief technology officer.
By Theresa Hitchens![NGA Future Is ‘Hybrid’ Of Commercial, IC Sources: Gauthier](https://breakingdefense.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-03-at-3.50.50-PM-225x150.png)
“[T]he trend is that a larger percentage of our work will be able to be accomplished using commercial systems than in the past,” says Gauthier.
By Theresa Hitchens![Space Software Startup To Pursue SDA Contracts](https://breakingdefense.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/04/Internet-1-225x150.jpg)
NewSpace Networks will bid against Lockheed Martin for bankrupt Vector Launch’s GalacticSky software-defined satellite assets, says co-founder Shaun Coleman.
By Theresa Hitchens![O’Connell: Debris Top Priority in New Space Safety Rules](https://breakingdefense.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/06/Kevin-OConnell-Dept-of-Commerce-Space--225x150.jpg)
Space Situational Awareness (SSA) and debris mitigation can be seen as just “another high-end data analytics problem,” says Kevin O’Connell, of the Commerce Department.
By Theresa Hitchens![GAO Decision Threatens US Military Dominance; Reject It](https://breakingdefense.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2012/12/cloud-computing-magellan1-225x150.jpg)
Bill Greenwalt is sort of the Pied Piper of military acquisition policy. Where he leads, others often follow. After he wrote a series of op-eds for Breaking Defense recommending major changes to the Pentagon’s acquisition system, Sen. John McCain lured Bill back to his old job at the Senate Armed Services Committee. Greenwalt rewrote the laws, shaking up Defense Department acquisition. Bill is back, pointing to new acquisition problems, this latest one with his former employer — the Government Accountability Office. It’s a doozy, as you’ll see.
By Bill Greenwalt
Elaine McCusker of AEI in this op-ed discusses how the Combatant Commands are using Advana to their advantage.
By Elaine McCusker