“It’s getting that data talent into the combatant command, knowing that it’s going to be there so that they can begin understanding what they have and what’s within the art of the possible there,” Dave Spirk, the Pentagon’s chief data officer, said.
By Andrew EversdenCombatant commanders, have been clamoring for real-world access fast to new software tools.
By Theresa Hitchens“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).
By Theresa HitchensThe Pentagon’s new Chief Data Officer says real-world surveillance missions must be redesigned to capture high-quality data to train machine-learning algorithms.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
“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.”
By David Spirk