‘Operationalize AI’: DIA signs out artificial intelligence strategy, creating governance model

‘Operationalize AI’: DIA signs out artificial intelligence strategy, creating governance model
‘Operationalize AI’: DIA signs out artificial intelligence strategy, creating governance model

“We are in a very interesting era and we want to make sure that we are complying with the [Department of Defense] ethical AI principles,” Ramesh Menon, DIA chief technology officer, told reporters today.

Top secret info-sharing: DIA info chief sees modernizing JWICS as top priority in 2024

Top secret info-sharing: DIA info chief sees modernizing JWICS as top priority in 2024
Top secret info-sharing: DIA info chief sees modernizing JWICS as top priority in 2024

“We are living in more chaotic times than ever with crises around the world and we realize that everything is at stake to include our national security. As we think about the future, we are, as technologists, on the frontline to respond,” DIA CIO Doug Cossa said.

Defense Intelligence Agency leader confirmed after Tuberville dam break

Defense Intelligence Agency leader confirmed after Tuberville dam break
Defense Intelligence Agency leader confirmed after Tuberville dam break

Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse has warned industry about the significant espionage threat from China and others: “The target is you.”

Getting to MARS: Defense Intelligence Agency AI-assisted database to begin ops in spring

Getting to MARS: Defense Intelligence Agency AI-assisted database to begin ops in spring
Getting to MARS: Defense Intelligence Agency AI-assisted database to begin ops in spring

MARS is replacing the 1980s-era database, called the Military Intelligence Integrated Database, used by DIA for its primary mission of providing foundational military intelligence to warfighters and national security decision-makers.

‘Very concerning’: Russia, North Korea likely spoke ‘in detail about weapons transfers,’ DIA says

‘Very concerning’: Russia, North Korea likely spoke ‘in detail about weapons transfers,’ DIA says
‘Very concerning’: Russia, North Korea likely spoke ‘in detail about weapons transfers,’ DIA says

The Defense Intelligence Agency previously took the lead on reporting Russia’s use of Iranian weapon systems in Ukraine.

In Afghanistan $7.1B in planes, trucks, weapons seized by Taliban since withdrawal: DOD watchdog

In Afghanistan $7.1B in planes, trucks, weapons seized by Taliban since withdrawal: DOD watchdog
In Afghanistan $7.1B in planes, trucks, weapons seized by Taliban since withdrawal: DOD watchdog

Ground vehicles accounted for the lion’s share of the equipment left behind.

HASC intel subcommittee pushes Pentagon, IC on ISR gaps, overlaps

HASC intel subcommittee pushes Pentagon, IC on ISR gaps, overlaps
HASC intel subcommittee pushes Pentagon, IC on ISR gaps, overlaps

The subcommittee is “encouraging the use of commercially available data” to help fill ISR gaps identified by military commanders, but there’s also has concerns about overlap in acquisition of commercial ISR.

DIA details push to modernize top-secret network amid 150% uptick in cyber threats

DIA details push to modernize top-secret network amid 150% uptick in cyber threats
DIA details push to modernize top-secret network amid 150% uptick in cyber threats

“I hear more about IT revolution than evolution these days, but I think IT is more evolution,” DIA CIO Doug Cossa said.

New IC Commercial Space Council Hopes To Speed Intel To Users

New IC Commercial Space Council Hopes To Speed Intel To Users
New IC Commercial Space Council Hopes To Speed Intel To Users

NRO, NGA, CIA, DIA and NSA are the “standing members” of the new council, says its chairman David Gauthier of NGA.

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.

EXCLUSIVE DoD, Commerce Wrangle New Commercial Remote Sensing Regs

EXCLUSIVE DoD, Commerce Wrangle New Commercial Remote Sensing Regs
EXCLUSIVE DoD, Commerce Wrangle New Commercial Remote Sensing Regs

“It’s mostly a bunch of backward-looking colonels at DoD” causing the problems, said one industry source, “not the IC.”

Declassify Space Threats, US Capabilities For Stronger Deterrence: AFCENT

Declassify Space Threats, US Capabilities For Stronger Deterrence: AFCENT
Declassify Space Threats, US Capabilities For Stronger Deterrence: AFCENT

“Right now space is a supporting element to a geographic [component command] … but that paradigm is going to flip over time, where the supported command — the primacy, where the actions will happen first — is going to be space,” says Lt. Gen. Joseph Guastella, head of Air Force Central Command.

China’s Defense Industry Barges Into Global Spotlight

China’s Defense Industry Barges Into Global Spotlight
China’s Defense Industry Barges Into Global Spotlight

Beijing now boasts six of world’s top 15 defense firms according to a new report, edging out a slew of traditional defense powerhouses.

US Missile Warning Sats Fair Game If No New START?

US Missile Warning Sats Fair Game If No New START?
US Missile Warning Sats Fair Game If No New START?

US may face destabilizing Russian interference with NTMs “while demand for strategic intelligence on Russian strategic nuclear forces from space-based NTMs goes up significantly,” says Michael Gleason.