Autonomy changes everything about combat engineering
Sending robotic vehicles into the breach saves lives by removing humans from one of the most dangerous places on the battlefield.
“It is well past time for DoD to stop treating AI like it is just a science project,” Govini CEO Tara Murphy Dougherty said.
By Carley Welch
Data analytics firm Govini noted widespread investment in most of 12 top critical national security technologies, but said stats on patents are a troubling indicator of Beijing’s tech rise.
By Jaspreet Gill
US government spending on critical technologies nearly doubled from $60.7 billion in FY17 to $117.2 billion in FY21, according to Govini’s report. However, the US isn’t investing what it needs to avoid losing the battlefield of the future in AI/ML.
By Jaspreet Gill
“We are past the tipping point where information and decision-centric capabilities are more important instruments of war than kinetic weapons,” write former deputy secretary Bob Work and Govini’s Bill Fabian.
By Robert O. Work and Billy Fabian
The Marine Corps says the new missile is a top modernization priority. Analysts say China is a big reason why.
By Justin Katz
Analysts from Govini say the Navy’s current investments leaves open the question whether the service can fulfill its vision for Distributed Maritime Operations in the next decade.
By Justin Katz
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“The proactive, nefarious work coming from China and Russia in particular [will make US policymakers] “realize that we don’t have control over everything that we think we have control over,” Tara Murphy Dougherty, CEO of Govini said
By Paul McLeary
“The impact of the COVID crisis in the aviation sector has been really nothing short of catastrophic,” said Hunter. “At this point, it’s very challenging for those companies to stay in business.”
By Theresa Hitchens
“I just had a general who came to my office,” said Chris Lynch, head of DoD’s internal hoodie-wearing geek squad, the Defense Digital Service. “The problem was the entire mission was being run out of Excel.”
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
The Pentagon needs to take lessons from “smart” home devices and apply it the supply chain for munitions, writes Tara Murphy Dougherty of Govini.
By Tara Murphy Dougherty