Trained on classified battlefield data, AI multiplies effectiveness of Ukraine’s drones: Report

Trained on classified battlefield data, AI multiplies effectiveness of Ukraine’s drones: Report
Trained on classified battlefield data, AI multiplies effectiveness of Ukraine’s drones: Report

“These systems can often achieve objectives using just one or two drones per target rather than eight or nine,” Ukrainian-American scholar Kateryna Bondar, a former advisor to Kyiv, writes in a new report released today by CSIS.

Pentagon 14% of the way to zero trust compliance, faces challenges with ICAM, data tagging

Pentagon 14% of the way to zero trust compliance, faces challenges with ICAM, data tagging
Pentagon 14% of the way to zero trust compliance, faces challenges with ICAM, data tagging

“We’re not the only target that damn communists are trying to overcome,” Col. Gary Kipe said Wednesday. “They’re trying to overcome freedom loving people around the world, and all of us are using the same data.” 

What Army officers hope C2 Fix will actually fix in the field

What Army officers hope C2 Fix will actually fix in the field
What Army officers hope C2 Fix will actually fix in the field

After exercises, soldiers said they want to see better edge computing, mobile pLEO solutions and more.

Rapid Raven: Air Force exercise updates electronic warfare threats in hours, not months

Rapid Raven: Air Force exercise updates electronic warfare threats in hours, not months
Rapid Raven: Air Force exercise updates electronic warfare threats in hours, not months

The 350th Spectrum Warfare Wing is modeling a new approach to electronic warfare for all the services: Instead of traditional quarterly updates, the 350th can now update over 30 Air Force systems about new threats within three hours.

‘Everything needs to be smaller, lighter’: Marines seek robust, deployable tech for future combat

‘Everything needs to be smaller, lighter’: Marines seek robust, deployable tech for future combat
‘Everything needs to be smaller, lighter’: Marines seek robust, deployable tech for future combat

“No matter what theater we talk about – PACOM, Europe – everything needs to be smaller, lighter [and] very modular, so…we can throw it in the back of a pickup truck,” said Col. Devin Licklider, program manager for MAGTF Command & Control.

Army picks Akamai for prototype battlefield zero trust project: T-ICAM

Army picks Akamai for prototype battlefield zero trust project: T-ICAM
Army picks Akamai for prototype battlefield zero trust project: T-ICAM

The civilian internet firm will build prototype software for Tactical Identity Credential & Access Management, a critical step in bringing “zero trust” cybersecurity to battlefield networks.

DARPA’s OPTIMA program seeks ultra-efficient AI chips

DARPA’s OPTIMA program seeks ultra-efficient AI chips
DARPA’s OPTIMA program seeks ultra-efficient AI chips

Because it needs much less electricity per computation than current chips, the new hardware could take AI out of big data centers and onto drones, robots, and other small platforms at the “tactical edge.”

Empowered edge versus the centralization trap: Who will wield AI better, the US or China?

Empowered edge versus the centralization trap: Who will wield AI better, the US or China?
Empowered edge versus the centralization trap: Who will wield AI better, the US or China?

It’s tempting to use AI to micromanage military operations from an all-seeing HQ. But experts warn the chaos of war means AI is best used to empower decentralized initiative — an area where the democratic West just might have the edge.

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How effective and ethical artificial intelligence will enable JADC2

How effective and ethical artificial intelligence will enable JADC2
How effective and ethical artificial intelligence will enable JADC2

How can warfighters know when the AI is telling the truth? The answer to that and the roles of AI/ML in all-domain operations are inextricably linked.

DoD Publishes DevSecOps 2.0 Docs For Accelerating Apps

DoD Publishes DevSecOps 2.0 Docs For Accelerating Apps
DoD Publishes DevSecOps 2.0 Docs For Accelerating Apps

After just three years, there are now 200 teams across DoD doing DevSecOps, which has saved, on average, a year and $12.5 million per app it’s been used to launch, the Air Force’s Chief Software Officer says. When you consider the number of apps, that’s significant. And now there’s a push to make DevSecOps resources available to JADC2.

Anduril Buys Mini-Drone Maker Area-I

Anduril Buys Mini-Drone Maker Area-I
Anduril Buys Mini-Drone Maker Area-I

The new owners bring venture capital and software expertise to upgrade Area-I’s ALTIUS mini-drone, already a favorite in Army experiments with ‘Air-Launched Effects.’

Air Force Culls ABMS Experiment After Budget Cut

Air Force Culls ABMS Experiment After Budget Cut
Air Force Culls ABMS Experiment After Budget Cut

The sixth ABMS onramp “was going to be in partnership with Australia, and allies and partners, in the Pacific Rim,” Air Force Chief Architect Preston Dunlap said, but “just due to the budget constraints, we had to pull the plug on that.”

Project Rainmaker: Army Weaves ‘Data Fabric’ To Link Joint Networks

Project Rainmaker: Army Weaves ‘Data Fabric’ To Link Joint Networks
Project Rainmaker: Army Weaves ‘Data Fabric’ To Link Joint Networks

The Pentagon’s grand plans for Joint All Domain Command & Control require translating masses of data across incompatible systems. “Unless you get the underpinnings of a foundational data fabric,” Maj. Gen. Peter Gallagher told me, “it will never happen.”

The Pentagon’s Plans To Network EVERYTHING: Faist

The Pentagon’s Plans To Network EVERYTHING: Faist
The Pentagon’s Plans To Network EVERYTHING: Faist

The military sees huge potential in tiny electronics to revolutionize warfare with swarms of expendable, interconnected drones. But it doesn’t want to repeat the mistakes of the F-35 by building a single multi-service mega-program to build them.