Uncle Sam Needs AI, ASAP: DoD Artificial Intelligence Chief

Uncle Sam Needs AI, ASAP: DoD Artificial Intelligence Chief
Uncle Sam Needs AI, ASAP: DoD Artificial Intelligence Chief

“To make AI our military’s future, it must become our military’s present,” says Lt. Gen. Michael Groen, director of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, in this exclusive op-ed for Breaking Defense.

JEDI Delay Doesn’t Derail DoD Cloud: Pentagon CIO

JEDI Delay Doesn’t Derail DoD Cloud: Pentagon CIO
JEDI Delay Doesn’t Derail DoD Cloud: Pentagon CIO

The Pentagon is finding alternative clouds while waiting for JEDI, Dana Deasy said, so it can upgrade them to JEDI as soon as the courts allow.

New Air Force deviceONE To Allow Remote Top-Secret Access For Services, IC

New Air Force deviceONE To Allow Remote Top-Secret Access For Services, IC
New Air Force deviceONE To Allow Remote Top-Secret Access For Services, IC

“We have widespread interest across DoD and other US Government Departments right now due to COVID,” John Woodruff, program manager for deviceONE at Air Force Research Laboratory, explained in an email to Breaking D.

Can DoD Get Speed & Security With The Cloud?

Can DoD Get Speed & Security With The Cloud?
Can DoD Get Speed & Security With The Cloud?

The Pentagon is struggling to speed up acquisition at the same time it’s imposing new cybersecurity controls. But one senior official has an idea for how to do both.

GAO Says Critical Space C2 Effort At Risk

GAO Says Critical Space C2 Effort At Risk
GAO Says Critical Space C2 Effort At Risk

GAO finds that the Space C2 program “is planning to meet previously deferred requirements that proved too complex for prior programs to achieve,” and “also plans to address new and emerging threats to space assets, for which requirements are not yet defined.”

Electronic Warfare: Better, But Still Not Good Enough

Electronic Warfare: Better, But Still Not Good Enough
Electronic Warfare: Better, But Still Not Good Enough

The US military is rebuilding its ability to protect its radios, sensors and radars while jamming those of its adversaries. But we’re still probably second or third in the world.

Fail Fast, Not Twice: DoD’s Push For Agile Software Development

Fail Fast, Not Twice: DoD’s Push For Agile Software Development
Fail Fast, Not Twice: DoD’s Push For Agile Software Development

A Pentagon task force is reviewing over a hundred tools and services to speed up software acquisition.

Raytheon Joins The Multi Domain Band

Raytheon Joins The Multi Domain Band
Raytheon Joins The Multi Domain Band

Over the last 18 months the Air Force and Army have charged ahead on multi-domain and only Lockheed Martin has spoken publicly about its efforts to win related contracts. Today that changed as Raytheon’s VP Todd Probert sat down with me here to discuss how important Multi Domain is to his company.

Raytheon’s GPS Ground Station, OCX, Rights Itself?

Raytheon’s GPS Ground Station, OCX, Rights Itself?
Raytheon’s GPS Ground Station, OCX, Rights Itself?

WASHINGTON: After three years during which it’s been the Air Force’s greatest problem child, Raytheon’s next-generation ground control system for GPS satellites is back on track, the company’s top man on the program says. Ellen Lord, the head of Pentagon acquisition, and Will Roper, head of Air Force acquisition, met with Bill Sullivan and other…