Austria picks Leonardo M-346 light fighter to replace retired Saab 105s
The Austrian Bundesheer announced it would buy 12 M-346FA jets in a government-to-government deal with Italy, but negotiations on cost and timing are still ongoing.
How the Pentagon domesticated the chatbot: 2024 in review
This December, after 16 months of studies and experiments, the Department of Defense decided it had figured out enough guardrails for generative AI to start embracing the new technology wholesale.
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America must adopt a Sixth Domain of warfare doctrine
The Sixth Domain is not defined by geography. It’s a new kind of conflict in which autonomy and networked systems allow thousand-dollar consumer electronics to destroy multi-million-dollar conventional weapons systems.
Killer Apps: 5 stories highlight quiet progress on military AI and CJADC2
While combat has seen a drone revolution, the US has made subtle but real advances in applying AI to military planning, intelligence, and “all domain” command and control.
Decentralizing battle data: CDAO, Anduril open tactical ‘mesh’ to third-party developers
DoD’s Chief Digital & AI Office bought Anduril’s Lattice Mesh to let frontline units share data without having to relay it through a central HQ. Now CDAO and Anduril are letting third parties build apps to run on Lattice Mesh, without having to go through Anduril.
Pentagon launches new generative AI ‘cell’ with $100M for pilots, experiments
Taking over for Task Force Lima, the new AI Rapid Capabilities Cell (AIRCC, or “arc”) will test cutting-edge Large Language Models and other GenAI tools for everything from war planning to cybersecurity.
Army’s new compact electronic warfare kit goes on everything from backpacks to balloons
The service started fielding the new TLS Manpack in August, but soldiers are already innovating, using the reconfigurable electronic warfare kit to identify incoming drones or scan wide areas from an aerostat.
Breaking Defense announces Breaking Defense Europe, a new, distinct, European edition
Breaking Defense Europe will launch May 4 with Tim Martin and Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo as co-editors.
‘Plug and play’: Army’s Project Linchpin prepares to unveil open-source architecture for AI
“It’s like the Wild, Wild West when it comes to AI right now,” Linchpin product lead Bharat Patel told Breaking Defense. “We don’t want to be the government and be like, ‘Here’re our standards, you must comply.’”
Pentagon plans secure cloud pilot to defend small businesses from hackers
The Army’s recently announced NCODE secure enclave is one model that OSD is looking at, said Derrick Davis of the Office of Small Business Programs.
Navy needs industry all in on 3D printing parts for subs, or else
“If you are a supplier, and your lead time is too long, and you refuse to work with us” on 3D printing alternative spare parts, said Rear Adm. Jon Rucker, “we're going to figure it out. Not a threat – a fact of life.”
Sub-launched nuclear cruise missile will need ‘an entirely new industrial base,’ warns Navy admiral
SLCM-N was a priority of the first Trump Administration that Biden tried and failed to cancel. Now Vice Adm. Johnny Wolfe has to figure out how to actually build it — without compromising ballistic missile modernization or new hypersonics.
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Answering the demand signal to move faster, field sooner, iterate continuously
As threats rapidly evolve, digital engineering, manufacturing capacity and robust supply chains are critical to meeting challenges.
Pentagon developing ‘Responsible AI’ guides for defense, intelligence, interagency — even allies
The Responsible Artificial Intelligence Toolkit — essentially an interactive online checklist on how to safely, ethically, and legally develop AI — will also be updated to incorporate last week’s National Security Memorandum from President Biden.
Show me the data: DISA leaders outline do’s and don’ts on industry AI pitches
“Don’t do [AI] just to say that you have it,” said DISA CTO Steve Wallace. “We’ve seen a lot of vendors who claim to have it, and when you peel back the onion, there’s not a whole lot of depth.”
How new White House AI memo impacts, and restricts, the Pentagon
The policy imposes extensive safeguards on a host of AI applications, from intelligence reports and collateral damage assessments to cyber warfare and nuclear strikes.
Clear guardrails mean faster progress on AI: Biden signs sweeping guidance for DoD & IC
In the tech race with China, White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan argued, American ethics aren’t a hindrance: “It's a little bit counterintuitive, [but] ensuring security and trustworthiness will actually enable us to move faster, not slow us down.”