“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.
By Jaspreet Gill“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.
By Jaspreet GillLt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse has warned industry about the significant espionage threat from China and others: “The target is you.”
By Lee FerranMARS 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.
By Theresa HitchensThe Defense Intelligence Agency previously took the lead on reporting Russia’s use of Iranian weapon systems in Ukraine.
By Lee FerranGround vehicles accounted for the lion’s share of the equipment left behind.
By Justin KatzThe 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.
By Theresa Hitchens“I hear more about IT revolution than evolution these days, but I think IT is more evolution,” DIA CIO Doug Cossa said.
By Brad D. WilliamsNRO, NGA, CIA, DIA and NSA are the “standing members” of the new council, says its chairman David Gauthier of NGA.
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.“It’s mostly a bunch of backward-looking colonels at DoD” causing the problems, said one industry source, “not the IC.”
By Theresa Hitchens“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.
By Theresa HitchensBeijing now boasts six of world’s top 15 defense firms according to a new report, edging out a slew of traditional defense powerhouses.
By Paul McLearyUS 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.
By Theresa Hitchens