Instead of demanding an exhaustive “AI Bill of Materials.” the Army will only ask contractors for a “baseball card” of key stats on their AI — while building up its in-house capacity to check for bad code or “poisoned” data.
“The goal is to create a complete and efficient AI and ML development and delivery operational pipeline (AI/MLOps) with supporting services for sensor programs within PEO IEW&S while managing cost, schedule, risk and performance," according to a request for information.
As missions stretch farther and comms grow less reliable, predictive software could become the edge that keeps missions afloat.
“We're in the early stages of it," Maj. Gen. Paul Stanton said about an AI pilot program. "But my point is we're not sitting on the sidelines and watching, we're diving in.”
“This one, we’re still continuously talking to industry about and we want feedback because…we’re going down this path for the same reasons,” Young Bang said about AI BOMs. “We want to reduce our attack surface from an algorithmic standpoint.”