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AI’s Data Hunger Will Drive Intelligence Collection

The Pentagon’s new Chief Data Officer says real-world surveillance missions must be redesigned to capture high-quality data to train machine-learning algorithms.

Intelligence Agencies Release AI Ethics Principles

Getting it right doesn’t just mean staying within the bounds of the law. It means making sure that the AI delivers reports that accurate and useful to policymakers.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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.