Esper Orders SDA To Link C2 Networks For All-Domain Ops

Esper Orders SDA To Link C2 Networks For All-Domain Ops
Esper Orders SDA To Link C2 Networks For All-Domain Ops

JADC2 is a way for the individual service C2 networks to “all have the same networking infrastructure to talk to one another,” says SDA Director Derek Tournear.

Army Won’t Build Recon Satellites: Lt. Gen. Berrier

Army Won’t Build Recon Satellites: Lt. Gen. Berrier
Army Won’t Build Recon Satellites: Lt. Gen. Berrier

The Army’s eager to use NRO, NGA, and other agencies’ satellites to spot far targets for its new thousand-mile missiles, not to build its own, the deputy chief of staff for intelligence said.

CENTCOM Asks For More Drones, Money To Build Up Base In Oman

CENTCOM Asks For More Drones, Money To Build Up Base In Oman
CENTCOM Asks For More Drones, Money To Build Up Base In Oman

In an “unfunded priorities” list sent to Congress, the Centcom chief points in the direction of an expanding US footprint in the region.

20 Firms Of 350 Advance In Army Shark Tank: $1.7 M In Prizes

20 Firms Of 350 Advance In Army Shark Tank: $1.7 M In Prizes
20 Firms Of 350 Advance In Army Shark Tank: $1.7 M In Prizes

Read about the 20 innovators in AI, biotech, materials & more who will compete at AUSA’s Huntsville conference in March as the Army shakes up its acquisition system.

SDA To Demo Tracking & Targeting Satellites In 2022

SDA To Demo Tracking & Targeting Satellites In 2022
SDA To Demo Tracking & Targeting Satellites In 2022

Tournear says SDA is involved with wider DoD efforts to develop capabilities for multi-domain operations. The sapce agency’s planned satellites will serve as the “backbone” used by all the services to share targeting data.

AI & Robots Crush Foes In Army Wargame

AI & Robots Crush Foes In Army Wargame
AI & Robots Crush Foes In Army Wargame

A simulated infantry platoon, reinforced with drones and ground robots, repeatedly routed defending forces three times its size — without losing a single human soldier. Would this work in real life?

Rival Shadow Drone Replacements Head To Combat Units For Tests

Rival Shadow Drone Replacements Head To Combat Units For Tests
Rival Shadow Drone Replacements Head To Combat Units For Tests

The Army aims to replace its RQ-7 Shadow with a new, more nimble drone that doesn’t require a runway, to better scout and survive in fast-moving conflicts with great powers.

NRO Contracts For Commercial Radio & Radar Sensing

NRO Contracts For Commercial Radio & Radar Sensing
NRO Contracts For Commercial Radio & Radar Sensing

NRO has had a complicated relationship with commercial remote sensing providers, especially those working with SAR and other powerful new technologies.

EXCLUSIVE Pentagon’s AI Problem Is ‘Dirty’ Data: Lt. Gen. Shanahan

EXCLUSIVE Pentagon’s AI Problem Is ‘Dirty’ Data: Lt. Gen. Shanahan
EXCLUSIVE Pentagon’s AI Problem Is ‘Dirty’ Data: Lt. Gen. Shanahan

The military has all the data it needs to train machine learning algorithms for war – somewhere. Now the Joint AI Center has to find it all and clean it up. The goal: AI Ready data.

Artificial Intelligence Will Detect Hidden Targets In 2020 Wargame

Artificial Intelligence Will Detect Hidden Targets In 2020 Wargame
Artificial Intelligence Will Detect Hidden Targets In 2020 Wargame

The Army has lots of ideas for AI. But it has to implement them without overwhelming troops or the network with too many apps and too much data.

Startup Kleos Nabs Air Force NanoSat Ship-Tracking Deal

Startup Kleos Nabs Air Force NanoSat Ship-Tracking Deal
Startup Kleos Nabs Air Force NanoSat Ship-Tracking Deal

Data from Kleos satellites will be able to cue other intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance satellites or aircraft as they spot ships.

Air Combat Commander Doesn’t Trust Project Maven’s Artificial Intelligence — Yet

Air Combat Commander Doesn’t Trust Project Maven’s Artificial Intelligence — Yet
Air Combat Commander Doesn’t Trust Project Maven’s Artificial Intelligence — Yet

Before the Air Force will trust AI to pick out targets, Gen. Holmes said, it has to get smarter than a human three-year-old.

DoC’s Ross: Streamlined Rules For Remote Sensing Sats Out By October

DoC’s Ross: Streamlined Rules For Remote Sensing Sats Out By October
DoC’s Ross: Streamlined Rules For Remote Sensing Sats Out By October

The new satellite export control rules being finalized by the Commerce and State Depts. will take into account the “need to maintain export controls with some countries, while streamlining them for others,” says Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross.

In Brussels, Newest Acting SecDef Stresses Continuity

In Brussels, Newest Acting SecDef Stresses Continuity
In Brussels, Newest Acting SecDef Stresses Continuity

Mark Esper got on a plane to NATO just 24 hours after taking over at the Pentagon. There are two main reasons why.