DISA Unveils New Strategic Plan

DISA Unveils New Strategic Plan
DISA Unveils New Strategic Plan

This updated strategic plan focuses on cyber defense, the cloud, and enterprise solutions

Project Rainmaker: Army Weaves ‘Data Fabric’ To Link Joint Networks

Project Rainmaker: Army Weaves ‘Data Fabric’ To Link Joint Networks
Project Rainmaker: Army Weaves ‘Data Fabric’ To Link Joint Networks

The Pentagon’s grand plans for Joint All Domain Command & Control require translating masses of data across incompatible systems. “Unless you get the underpinnings of a foundational data fabric,” Maj. Gen. Peter Gallagher told me, “it will never happen.”

EXCLUSIVE Navy Makes Major JADC2 Push, Linking Sensors & Shooters

EXCLUSIVE Navy Makes Major JADC2 Push, Linking Sensors & Shooters
EXCLUSIVE Navy Makes Major JADC2 Push, Linking Sensors & Shooters

Recent exercises like RIMPAC and Valiant Shield have tested some of this new data sharing. “There’s a couple of ships on the bottom of the Pacific right now from those exercises that were demonstrating some of those concepts,” said Vice Adm. Jeffrey Trussler.

Air Force To Launch 4G LTE At 20 More Bases Next Month

“While we’re all focused on 5G, and we’ve got a lot of possibilities in 5G, we also know 5G is not an endpoint,” said Dan Massey, one of three 5G program leads at OUSDR&E. “So, what goes beyond 5G?”

JAIC Chief Asks: Can AI Prevent Another 1914?

JAIC Chief Asks: Can AI Prevent Another 1914?
JAIC Chief Asks: Can AI Prevent Another 1914?

AI will help commanders make sound decisions so much faster, said Lt. Gen. Michael Groen, that waging war without it will work as well as cavalry charging machine guns on the Western Front.

The Pentagon’s Plans To Network EVERYTHING: Faist

The Pentagon’s Plans To Network EVERYTHING: Faist
The Pentagon’s Plans To Network EVERYTHING: Faist

The military sees huge potential in tiny electronics to revolutionize warfare with swarms of expendable, interconnected drones. But it doesn’t want to repeat the mistakes of the F-35 by building a single multi-service mega-program to build them.

DISA: Cloud-Based Browsing Will Save $300M

DISA: Cloud-Based Browsing Will Save $300M
DISA: Cloud-Based Browsing Will Save $300M

Instead of users connecting directly to websites, the new Cloud-Based Internet Isolation (CBII) system acts as a middleman, reducing bandwidth and blocking malware.

5G Experiments In US Pave Way To Battlefields Abroad

5G Experiments In US Pave Way To Battlefields Abroad
5G Experiments In US Pave Way To Battlefields Abroad

Having awarded $600 million for 5G pilots at five bases in the US, the Pentagon will formally solicit for seven more in the coming months. But will 5G work in war zones?

Military AI Is Bigger Than Just The Kill Chain: JAIC Chief

Military AI Is Bigger Than Just The Kill Chain: JAIC Chief
Military AI Is Bigger Than Just The Kill Chain: JAIC Chief

“Being able to take out 10 targets in rapid succession…that’s very exciting. It’s awesome,” said Lt. Gen. Michael Groen. “But it’s not enough.”

DEOS: ‘No One Looks Like Real Winners’ In Re-Award To GDIT

DEOS: ‘No One Looks Like Real Winners’ In Re-Award To GDIT
DEOS: ‘No One Looks Like Real Winners’ In Re-Award To GDIT

Like JEDI, DEOS is a multi-billion dollar cloud program held up for months by protests from losing bidders. This morning, the Pentagon reaffirmed General Dynamics as the winner, but cut the contract’s estimated value nearly in half.

Pentagon Unveils Spectrum Strategy; Five Eyes Talking

Pentagon Unveils Spectrum Strategy; Five Eyes Talking
Pentagon Unveils Spectrum Strategy; Five Eyes Talking

Military technology often lags so far behind Silicon Valley, one defense official says, that much of the Pentagon is “in the Fred Flintstone era,” while the cutting edge is, “past the Jetsons.”

DARPA AI Builds New Networks On The Fly

DARPA AI Builds New Networks On The Fly
DARPA AI Builds New Networks On The Fly

Military hierarchies are, by necessity, rigid structures. DARPA’s ‘Mosaic Warfare’ project aims for something much more fluid and adaptable, with AI doing the logistical grunt work so human commanders can get creative.

Services’ Fear Of Losing ‘Control’ Blocking JADC2 Progress, Experts Say

“This is a fundamental roles and missions question, and DoD needs to clearly designate a lead service and compel the other services to follow that lead,” says Todd Harrison, space and budget expert at the Center for Strategic and International Security.

Network, GPS Will Be Jammed In Project Convergence 2021

Network, GPS Will Be Jammed In Project Convergence 2021
Network, GPS Will Be Jammed In Project Convergence 2021

In this fall’s Project Convergence exercises, it took a heroic effort just to get the network to work at all. Next year, the Army wants the network to function in the face of electronic attack.