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.”

Pentagon dispatching data teams to COCOMs this year: Top data official

Pentagon dispatching data teams to COCOMs this year: Top data official
Pentagon dispatching data teams to COCOMs this year: Top data official

“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.

DoD Enjoins Congress For Flexibility To Buy JADC2 Tech Fast

DoD Enjoins Congress For Flexibility To Buy JADC2 Tech Fast
DoD Enjoins Congress For Flexibility To Buy JADC2 Tech Fast

Combatant commanders, have been clamoring for real-world access fast to new software tools.

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).

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.