DoD Chief Information Officer Dana Deasy wants people to see the clouds beyond the JEDI contract.
By Kelsey AthertonROC-X – The solution to organic precision strike capabilities
At AUSA Global Force 2024, IAI will present integrated, AI-driven combat systems – both manned and unmanned – that are opening new opportunities on the battlefield.
Experimental AI software, Prometheus and SHOT, can turn masses of data – from both government and commercial satellites – into precise targets for long-range missiles and cannon. But what do the humans do?
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
Israel’s Rafael will soon ship the first missile defense battery to the US and wants to build a factory here. The really hard part: connecting Iron Dome to US Army command networks.
By Arie Egozi
The Army is experimentally consolidating all kinds of data to the cloud, from unit mobilization updates to target locations – without waiting for the long-delayed JEDI program.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
Global recession has slowed down 5G rollouts, and Chinese overreach has alienated customers, a new CNAS study says – but the US also needs a new strategy that offers an alternative to Huawei.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
The military services are working together on how to use long-range, land-based missiles to destroy enemy anti-aircraft defenses, says the director of artillery modernization at Army Futures Command.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
Due out this fall, the Zero Trust Reference Architecture is about upgrading cybersecurity in existing systems, without buying all-new tech. The Army is enthusiastic – mostly.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
Why cloud modernization is critical to multi-domain operations
JADC2 is a forcing function, driving digital transformation of network infrastructure.
Despite past battles over Project Maven and other military uses of AI, “Google and many others” are now working with the Pentagon’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, its new acting director says.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
Integrating missile defense – shooting down incoming missiles – with missile offense – destroying the launchers before they fire again – requires major changes in how the military fights.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
Postponed seven weeks by the pandemic, the high-stakes field test of the IBCS missile defense network is now back on, with elaborate precautions against COVID-19.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
The military will consolidate from dozens of different, often-incompatible counter-drone defenses to just seven — with a single common standard for command & control.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
This fall’s experiment will study how the Army’s own weapons can share target data, Gen. Murray said, but in 2021 he wants to add the Air Force’s ABMS network.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
The Joint Artificial Intelligence Center needs three things: new acquisition authorities, more staff, and the cloud. With JEDI delayed ‘potentially many more months,’ director Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan said, he’s turning to an Air Force alternative.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. The Army wants to do a tech demonstration in the southwestern desert – COVID permitting – of how the new weapons systems it’s developing can share data.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
