Startup Enabled Intelligence nabs NGA’s $708 million AI training contract
Under the Sequoia program, the company will provide data labeling to allow artificial intelligence and machine learning systems to discriminate among objects.
Report: US counter-drone defenses ‘insufficient’ as China scales up unmanned capabilities
Stacie Pettyjohn, a co-author of the new Center for New American Security study, told Breaking Defense the US should focus on three c-UAS tactics.
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Meeting Zero Trust goals while maintaining information dominance
Balancing security and access to data are critical to providing users with trustworthy, reliable data for real-time decisions.
Army seeks AI/ML tools to tame crowded airspace under NGC2 push
"As the Army continues to integrate advanced technologies ... traditional airspace management methods are being challenged by the growing scale, speed, and complexity of operations," the RFI says.
Building on DoD demos, NOVI plans dual-use imagery constellation
Both the Air Force Research Laboratory and the Missile Defense Agency are now testing NOVI's satellite sensor data processing computer and AI-powered software on orbit.
‘Never been done’: Army to test out new integrated data layer on classified networks at Convergence
"We're pulling live data and then integrating it in all the different warfighting functions. So it's a pretty big, pretty big push,” Col. Matt Skaggs told Breaking Defense.
AI has role to play in protecting American nuclear C2 systems: STRATCOM head
The STRATCOM head emphasized the strategic advantages that AI and ML will add to NC3 systems, but said that a human must still be involved in the loop as this will “maximize the adoption of these capabilities and maintain our edge over our adversaries.”
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Streamcaster Nexus: Empowering the connected soldier at the tactical edge
On today’s battlefield, mobility isn’t optional - it’s mission-critical.
MDA task force to examine new threats, like hybrid air-missile tactics: Chief
"Missions are ramming into each other, overlapping each other. The integration challenge is large," Lt. Gen. Heath Collins said. "[S]ilos exist between services, between entities within the services, between MDA."
In a ‘world first,’ DARPA project demonstrates AI dogfighting in real jet
“The potential for machine learning in aviation, whether military or civil, is enormous,” said Air Force Col. James Valpiani. “And these fundamental questions of how do we do it, how do we do it safely, how do we train them, are the questions that we are trying to get after.”
To deter China, Space Force acquisition command focusing on networks, AI/ML and ‘dynamic’ ops
"I don't care what it takes to get after the threat. That's really the cultural change that we're embarking upon," SSC head Lt. Gen. Michael Guetlein told the Space Force Association's inaugural Spacepower conference.
Space Force plans FY24 update for space monitoring data ‘library’
The Space Force, in essence, wants to move the 2018-conceived Unified Data Library from a card catalog system to a machine-to-machine search engine using artificial intelligence tools.
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Not just selling into the kingdom, but building partnership with Saudi Arabia’s defense industry
Partnerships with outside industry are a cornerstone of the kingdom’s ambitious growth strategy.
NGA wants to assess AI/ML supply chain risks for Project Maven
Project Maven, the Pentagon's flagship AI program established in 2017, was shifted to the NGA last year.
From prototypes to operations: In record-breaking year, DIU transitioned 17 new tech
The Defense Innovation Unit in FY22 awarded $203 million in prototype contracts across 165 vendors, started 52 new projects and saw a 47 percent increase in the total number of companies competing for a contract, according to DIU's annual report.
At Project Convergence, data management is Army’s biggest challenge
“A few years ago, we wouldn't have had that problem because we wouldn't have been talking to each other and our machines certainly wouldn't have been talking to each other," said Air Force Lt. Gen. Clint Hinote." And so that's a huge step forward is the fact that we are all sharing data right now, it's almost too much.”
NGA shifting tech investment to reflect ‘GEOINT revolution’
"The flood of new imagery capabilities is overwhelming. Data driven technologies like artificial intelligence are essential," Gen. Richard Clarke, head of Special Operations Command, told the annual GEOINT conference today.