Army’s chief data officer outlines plan for new hierarchy of ‘data stewards’

Army’s chief data officer outlines plan for new hierarchy of ‘data stewards’
Army’s chief data officer outlines plan for new hierarchy of ‘data stewards’

The service’s new policy empowers “mission area data officers” for warfighting, intelligence, business operations, and enterprise IT, as well as institutionalizing what have been “ad hoc” data duties across the service, David Markowitz told Breaking Defense.

Rethinking what conflict involves in the age of exponential data

Rethinking what conflict involves in the age of exponential data
Rethinking what conflict involves in the age of exponential data

“The new state of conflict is a yet-to-be-fully-conceived blend of strategic weapons, tactical operations, and dominance in information warfare,” writes former DoD Chief Data Officer David Spirk. “And a new warfighting paradigm is needed to be competitive.”

Say goodbye to JAIC and DDS, as offices cease to exist as independent bodies June 1

Say goodbye to JAIC and DDS, as offices cease to exist as independent bodies June 1
Say goodbye to JAIC and DDS, as offices cease to exist as independent bodies June 1

The Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, Defense Digital Service and ADVANA teams will be officially subsumed into the new CDAO office at the start of the month.

Lyft exec Craig Martell tapped as Pentagon’s AI chief: Exclusive Interview

Lyft exec Craig Martell tapped as Pentagon’s AI chief: Exclusive Interview
Lyft exec Craig Martell tapped as Pentagon’s AI chief: Exclusive Interview

“I’m convinced we’re going to be able to do some great things,” Craig Martel told Breaking Defense in an exclusive interview. “But they’re going to be hard things. It’s going to be a challenge.”

Pentagon names Navy’s Palmieri as deputy for new digital and AI office

Pentagon names Navy’s Palmieri as deputy for new digital and AI office
Pentagon names Navy’s Palmieri as deputy for new digital and AI office

“Her deep knowledge and relationships within DoD will ensure the CDAO navigates and cuts through the bureaucracy to get things done,” said John Sherman, acting chief digital and artificial intelligence officer and DoD chief information officer.

Pentagon’s new data and AI office hits IOC milestone, gets $500M budget

Pentagon’s new data and AI office hits IOC milestone, gets $500M budget
Pentagon’s new data and AI office hits IOC milestone, gets $500M budget

The office of the chief digital and artificial intelligence will be responsible for scaling up data, analytics and AI to enable faster and better decision-making “from campaigning to conflict.”

Pentagon creates new overseer for innovation: chief digital and artificial intelligence officer

Pentagon creates new overseer for innovation: chief digital and artificial intelligence officer
Pentagon creates new overseer for innovation: chief digital and artificial intelligence officer

The Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, Defense Digital Service and Chief Data Officer will now report a new Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence officer

EXCLUSIVE: Pentagon weighing reorganization of AI, data offices

EXCLUSIVE: Pentagon weighing reorganization of AI, data offices
EXCLUSIVE: Pentagon weighing reorganization of AI, data offices

The Defense Digital Service (DDS), the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) and the office of the Chief Data Officer (CDO) would all report up to a new individual, tentatively named the Chief Data & AI Officer.

OSD, Joint Staff Double Down On DoD-Wide Data Standards

OSD, Joint Staff Double Down On DoD-Wide Data Standards
OSD, Joint Staff Double Down On DoD-Wide Data Standards

“We even had representation at our [first] data summit from NATO,” said Army Brig. Gen. Rob Parker, JG deputy director and head of the JADC2 Joint Cross-Functional Team (CFT).

New Pentagon Strategy To Share Data Like Ammunition

New Pentagon Strategy To Share Data Like Ammunition
New Pentagon Strategy To Share Data Like Ammunition

ALBUQUERQUE: The new Department of Defense Data Strategy is designed to flatten the obstacles — technical and cultural — that prevent easy data sharing across the military services to enable the Pentagon’s push towards Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2). Getting the right data, into the right hands, in a timely and useful manner, without any…

AI’s Data Hunger Will Drive Intelligence Collection

AI’s Data Hunger Will Drive Intelligence Collection
AI’s Data Hunger Will Drive Intelligence Collection

The Pentagon’s new Chief Data Officer says real-world surveillance missions must be redesigned to capture high-quality data to train machine-learning algorithms.

Mattis’ Team Moves In, Promising Reforms

Mattis’ Team Moves In, Promising Reforms
Mattis’ Team Moves In, Promising Reforms

A slew of new civilian officials are settling in at the Pentagon, adding muscle to promises of change in how the military develops and buys technology, and how fast it can put that gear in the field.