Multi-Domain Warfare
Customers and employees are experiencing the ‘Butterfly Effect’ of digital transformation from key national security programs.
By Breaking DefensePlumb, the current deputy under secretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, has held high-powered jobs from Google to the National Security Council.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.SDA is asking for $357 million for FY25 launch services, down from the nearly $530 million in FY24. Those funds would pay to manifest four planned launches of the Tranche 2 Transport Layer satellites in 2027.
By Theresa HitchensA Breaking Defense webinar with experts from CDAO, APL, and CNAS gets into the question of defining artificial intelligence vs machine learning.
By Barry RosenbergGen. Michael Guetlein said that the service is “looking at losing about seven” of the 10 launches it planned under the National Security Space Launch program in FY24 if the CR is prolonged.
By Theresa HitchensIn December, an Army official called TITAN “one of the foundational elements from the intelligence modernization efforts within the Army.”
By Aaron MehtaWarsaw continues its defense spending spree in back-to-back signings.
By Bartosz GłowackiRecently confirmed Gen. Jim Slife pledged to work on sharing data not only inside the Air Force but with his counterparts at the other armed services.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.“We are transforming our force structure, we are transforming our weapons systems through our modernization programs and what we’ve done, through the force structure changes, is make room for some new formations,” said Army Secretary Christine Wormuth.
By Ashley Roque“The Minimum Viable Capability for CJADC2 [Combined Joint All Domain Command & Control] is real and ready now,” said Deputy Secretary Kathleen Hicks. “It’s low latency and extremely reliable.” But budget gridlock blocks deployment.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.The US military can quickly kludge together custom solutions for urgent problems, said Pentagon AI chief Craig Martell. But it needs a more systematic approach to turn those quick hacks into stable, enduring AIs that can actually talk to each other.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.The agencies said in their joint announcement that the “launch of the two prototype systems will be followed by two years of on-orbit testing.”
By Theresa HitchensThe company, a Google off-shoot, characterizes its Spacetime software as the “digital cartilage and autonomous brain” that can bring to life DoD’s JADC2 concept linking sensors and shooters across all domains.
By Theresa HitchensWhile GEOST has made infrared sensors for classified systems in the ones and twos, the new contract will involve building infrared sensors designed to be used in a larger constellation, LightRidge CEO Bill Gattle told Breaking Defense.
By Theresa Hitchens
“There is a reason technology is often called a ‘force multiplier’ — it’s best when it helps our forces, not when it replaces them,” write Rachel Hoff and Reed Kessler of the Reagan Institute.
By Rachel Hoff and Reed Kessler