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Cyber plays both sides of the spectrum with both offensive bullets and defensive shields

Cyber plays both sides of the spectrum with both offensive bullets and defensive shields
Cyber plays both sides of the spectrum with both offensive bullets and defensive shields

Just demonstrated on a live range at Pax River, an airborne SIGINT platform injected cyber effects, neutralizing an integrated air defense system and clearing the airspace for US assets to execute a strike.

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“Fool Around & Find Out” – Holistic Situational Awareness & Decision-Making

“Fool Around & Find Out” – Holistic Situational Awareness & Decision-Making
“Fool Around & Find Out” – Holistic Situational Awareness & Decision-Making

Part 2 of a narrative series illustrating how Elbit America’s USA-manufactured products enable customers to successfully accomplish their most demanding missions.

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It’s both AI technology and ethics that will enable JADC2

It’s both AI technology and ethics that will enable JADC2
It’s both AI technology and ethics that will enable JADC2

Responsible Artificial Intelligence principles will build justified confidence in AI systems that the DoD will depend upon for all-domain operations.

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How effective and ethical artificial intelligence will enable JADC2

How effective and ethical artificial intelligence will enable JADC2
How effective and ethical artificial intelligence will enable JADC2

How can warfighters know when the AI is telling the truth? The answer to that and the roles of AI/ML in all-domain operations are inextricably linked.

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Outcomes Of JADC2 Will Provide Decisive Advantage

Outcomes Of JADC2 Will Provide Decisive Advantage
Outcomes Of JADC2 Will Provide Decisive Advantage

“Does (JADC2) increase lethality? The answer should be yes. (JADC2) makes us more lethal. We’re a warfighting organization. That’s what this is designed to do.”—Lt. Gen. Dennis Crall, director of C4 and CIO, Joint Staff.

‘A 20th Century Commander Will Not Survive’: Why The Military Needs AI

‘A 20th Century Commander Will Not Survive’: Why The Military Needs AI
‘A 20th Century Commander Will Not Survive’: Why The Military Needs AI

Today’s huge HQs are slow-moving “rocket magnets” that can’t keep up in 21st century combat, the director of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center told us in an exclusive interview. To survive and win, Lt. Gen. Mike Groen said, the military must replace cumbersome manual processes with AI.

Exclusive: J6 Says JADC2 Is A Strategy; Service Posture Reviews Coming

Exclusive: J6 Says JADC2 Is A Strategy; Service Posture Reviews Coming
Exclusive: J6 Says JADC2 Is A Strategy; Service Posture Reviews Coming

The upcoming JADC2 Posture Review “will show the department exactly where we are deficient in executing our mission or missions,” Lt. Gen. Dennis Crall says.

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.

JADC2 ‘On The Right Track,’ Says NORTHCOM’s VanHerck

JADC2 ‘On The Right Track,’ Says NORTHCOM’s VanHerck
JADC2 ‘On The Right Track,’ Says NORTHCOM’s VanHerck

“I’m optimistic as a department that we’re moving in the right direction,” says Gen. Glen VanHerck on JADC2 development.

CSAF Brown Mulls Streamlining Of Air Force Commands; Barrett Announces ‘e’ Aircraft

CSAF Brown Mulls Streamlining Of Air Force Commands; Barrett Announces ‘e’ Aircraft
CSAF Brown Mulls Streamlining Of Air Force Commands; Barrett Announces ‘e’ Aircraft

“I want to go fast. I want to go fast. I want to go fast,” says CSAF Gen. Charles Brown about revamping the Air Force to meet Russian and Chinese threats.

Making War A Software Problem: JAIC Director On JADC2

Making War A Software Problem: JAIC Director On JADC2
Making War A Software Problem: JAIC Director On JADC2

Victory lies not in the weapons themselves, Nand Mulchandani says, but in AI algorithms that advise commanders on how best to wield them.

More Ambitious ABMS Demo Uses 5G: Roper

More Ambitious ABMS Demo Uses 5G: Roper
More Ambitious ABMS Demo Uses 5G: Roper

“ABMS is about taking the concept of the OODA Loop and transcending it from something that people do to something that machines do,” says Will Roper, AF acquisition czar.

What Really Mattered In 2017 (Our Top 10 List)

What Really Mattered In 2017 (Our Top 10 List)
What Really Mattered In 2017 (Our Top 10 List)

This is a list of the most important stories and opinion pieces we ran at Breaking Defense in 2017. It’s a bit like our coverage: freewheeling, often unexpected and, hopefully, poking at the spots where policymakers in the US, NATO, Australia, Japan, South Korea and our other treaty allies and partners need to look. We…

OODA Loop 2.0: Information, Not Agility, Is Life

OODA Loop 2.0: Information, Not Agility, Is Life
OODA Loop 2.0: Information, Not Agility, Is Life

Observe, Orient, Decide, and Act. The OODA Loop remains a key concept for those who fight, especially fighter pilots. After all, Air Force Col. John Boyd made it and his theory of Energy-Maneuverability famous with his bold claim to be able to defeat any other pilot within 40 seconds. Boyd helped inspire the designs of the…