DARPA contracts 4 firms for DRIFT radar imagery experiments

DARPA contracts 4 firms for DRIFT radar imagery experiments
DARPA contracts 4 firms for DRIFT radar imagery experiments

Todd Master, Umbra’s chief operating officer and a former DARPA official, told Breaking Defense on May 22 that DRIFT “is a legitimately great example of how government can actually advance capability using commercial investments instead of just saying ‘leverage commercial’ over and over.”

DARPA Builds AI To Avoid Army, AF Fratricide

DARPA Builds AI To Avoid Army, AF Fratricide
DARPA Builds AI To Avoid Army, AF Fratricide

“ASTARTE helps solve the problem how to decide where physically to move [air assets] to conduct operations … even when it is an incredibly complex battlespace,” says Tim Grayson, head of DARPA’s Strategic Technologies Office.

JADC2 May Be Built To Fight The Wrong War

JADC2 May Be Built To Fight The Wrong War
JADC2 May Be Built To Fight The Wrong War

To compete with China, DoD needs to focus on spoiling Chinese military and paramilitary success at lower levels on the escalation ladder. This is more closely aligned with maneuver warfare concepts like DARPA’s Mosaic Warfare.

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A JADC2 and Mosaic Warfare Future: Extending Microservices and CI/CD into the Physical Battlespace

A JADC2 and Mosaic Warfare Future: Extending Microservices and CI/CD into the Physical Battlespace
A JADC2 and Mosaic Warfare Future: Extending Microservices and CI/CD into the Physical Battlespace

Preparing for the Great Power competition gives the Defense Department an opportunity to remake the way it develops, deploys, and sustains technologies and capabilities, while creating new collaborative opportunities with joint forces and partner militaries.

All Domain Requires New Requirements Process; DoD, Congress Must Compromise: Lt. Gen. Hinote

All Domain Requires New Requirements Process; DoD, Congress Must Compromise: Lt. Gen. Hinote
All Domain Requires New Requirements Process; DoD, Congress Must Compromise: Lt. Gen. Hinote

“We have got to come up with a compromise with the people’s representatives when it comes to defining requirements in the future,” he said.

DARPA AI Builds New Networks On The Fly

DARPA AI Builds New Networks On The Fly
DARPA AI Builds New Networks On The Fly

Military hierarchies are, by necessity, rigid structures. DARPA’s ‘Mosaic Warfare’ project aims for something much more fluid and adaptable, with AI doing the logistical grunt work so human commanders can get creative.