Pentagon workers vibe-code 100,000 AI ‘agents’ to use on unclassified networks
A Google Gemini tool on GenAI.mil allows Defense Department personnel to create their own AI agents to handle data and automate online tasks.
Pentagon CTO picks six defense tech vets to lead Critical Technology Areas
The six men range from a former Amazon exec to a biologist who studied jellyfish stinging Navy divers, but all have extensive experience in the Defense Department’s tech apparatus.
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Why enterprise IT modernization matters now – and how to “delight by design”
Do more with less: streamline workflows, reduce duplication, invest upfront to save long-term.
Pentagon rolls out major reforms of R&D, AI
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth consolidates tech offices under Pentagon CTO Emil Michael, launches new AI initiatives from swarms to sims to GenAI, and breaks up the sprawling Advana database.
Startup Obviant wins $99M from DIU for AI acquisition data analytics
If Obviant’s prototype succeeds, the contract allows for expanding its use across the armed services and joint Combatant Commands — potentially complementing or competing with the Pentagon’s own Advana analytics.
The questions that warfighters ask the most are now answered with data analytics
CDAO’s Advana data analytics platform is ingesting data from about 500 DoD business systems.
DoD R&E chief says Pentagon will trim ‘critical technology’ list
"The idea is to concentrate back to a number that we really believe is critical," Emil Michael said.
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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.
Pentagon moves AI office under R&D, raising fears it’s ‘demoting AI’
“When you pull an organization that was a direct report to the deputy secretary or secretary and move it somewhere else…the message to the force is loud and clear: This isn’t a priority,” said retired Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan, who founded the predecessor to the current Chief Digital & AI Office (CDAO).
Anthropic, Google and xAI win $200M each from Pentagon AI chief for ‘agentic AI’
The three new contracts come on top of last month’s equal award to OpenAI, bringing the Chief Digital & AI Officer’s investment in cutting-edge commercial “frontier AI” to a total of $800 million.
Pentagon AI office, Army award Ask Sage $10M for GenAI expansion
The contract expands the Army’s “Enterprise Large Language Model Workspace” — just introduced in May — to users at OSD, the Joint Staff, and combatant commands worldwide.
‘OpenAI For Government’ launches with $200M win from Pentagon CDAO
A new OpenAI initiative will also “consolidate” the company’s existing work with government clients like the Air Force Research Laboratory, NASA, Los Alamos and the Treasury Department.
Modernizing defense enterprise IT without disrupting the mission
Government can’t stop to update systems, so modernization has to happen without interruptions.
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“Co-creation” boosts commercial technology for dual-use defense applications
Advana is an example – a mission-aligned data platform that integrates commercial innovation and defense-grade engineering.
Out of ‘prototype mode’: Officials aim to determine Advana’s next moves by mid-June
Having grown to 100,000 users worldwide, the Pentagon’s favorite big-data analytics system now needs the legal authorities and budgetary stability of a formal Program Of Record, officials told Breaking Defense in an exclusive interview.
EXCLUSIVE: Pentagon memo lays out push for Advana to become formal program of record
The memo was signed on March 13 by Steven Morani, the acting assistant secretary of defense for sustainment.
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.