New Army Data Operation Center will be ‘9-1-1’ for moving info around the globe
The new center, to be established in coming weeks, is the latest in the Army's war against inefficient sharing and poor "data management."
‘That’s a tank’: Army introduces AI-aided target recognition to Next Gen C2 prototype
"We spent the last week training the AI models to recognize what we would call hulks out in the impact area — old vehicles that we shoot at ...," said Maj. Gen. Patrick Ellis, commander of 4th Infantry Division.
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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The Pentagon’s fiber future: How DoD networks race to meet new demands
Outdated networks are colliding with the rise of AI and cloud, pushing the Pentagon to more secure low-latency transport.
If data is the new ammo, Army may need dedicated data formations: General
Lt. Gen. Jeth Rey said the formations could "oversee that exchange of data, not only within the Army, but all of the joint services and our coalition partners."
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Largest military buildup in the Pacific since World War II means network transport must keep up
The demand for space, terrestrial, and surface/subsurface data at the edge requires networks to scale with fiber optics.
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Fiber optic is the answer for DoD’s ever-increasing network bandwidth needs
“Data needs to find fiber” is the only way to achieve secure ultra-low latency security for GovCloud applications and AI demand.
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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.
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Securing data at rest on Edge devices with layered protection
Achieve regulatory compliance and mission success with advanced security measures.
NATO CIO: Alliance-wide classified cloud system is in the works
“The very fact of collocating the data in the same instance, or within the same environment or infrastructure, is very, very helpful," Manfred Boudreaux-Dehmer, NATO's CIO, said.
‘AI-BOM’ bombs: Army backs off, will demand less detailed data from AI vendors
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.
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.
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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.
Army identifying which programs will implement new data architecture
The service is also currently developing a risk management framework for Project Linchpin, the Army’s first program of record to help build out a trusted artificial intelligence/machine learning pipeline, according to Jen Swanson, deputy assistant secretary of the Army for data, engineering and software.
Army sending additional ‘data stewards’ to commands, defining data roles
The Army first put out guidance two years ago on the idea of creating “data stewards” for its commands who would act as “kind of our spokesman for our supply side,” and will start codifying it in fiscal 2024, David Markowitz told Breaking Defense.
Army asks industry for best acquisition approach for Vantage data platform re-compete
In January, Army Under Secretary Gabe Camarillo said the Army was moving away from a single-vendor approach the service has used in the past and was planning to award multiple vendors a spot for the re-compete.
Pentagon must train for ‘uncertainty,’ while better sharing data: Officials
The Pentagon is “working to update the processes, procedures, authorities, to make it easier to share, to incentivize, to reduce those barriers so that we can actually learn from each other,” Rear Adm. Peter Vasely said.