Taking over for Task Force Lima, the new AI Rapid Capabilities Cell (AIRCC, or “arc”) will test cutting-edge Large Language Models and other GenAI tools for everything from war planning to cybersecurity.
As her signature “Open DAGIR” initiative seeks to bring in smaller, innovative software firms, “we’ve got to be a lot more explicit” in contracting language to protect their intellectual property and data rights, said Chief Digital & AI Officer Radha Plumb.
The MQ-9B and Gambit Series represent parallel capabilities that address global challenges for security head-on.
The Joint Fires Network, meant to match weapons to targets across a theater of war, is a crucial pillar of the Pentagon's nascent global command system, CJADC2.
"We’re trying to be easier to work with," the Pentagon's Chief Digital & AI Officer Radha Plumb said as CDAO recruits hundreds of companies to help expand CJADC2 beyond the current "minimum viable capability."
With Advana, "we’re kind of victims of our own success,” a senior defense official told Breaking Defense in an exclusive interview, meaning changes have to be made to "get to sufficient scale."
The recent announcements on Palantir’s Maven Smart System and other strategic tools are just the start, CDAO Radha Plumb told Breaking Defense, with announcements on tactical and business systems coming by fall.
Partnerships with outside industry are a cornerstone of the kingdom’s ambitious growth strategy.
The Chief Digital & AI Office wants to bring in a wide range of software developers to rapidly create new applications for Combatant Commands worldwide, with the new apps plugging into Palantir’s open-architecture Maven Smart System.
Plumb, the current deputy under secretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, has held high-powered jobs from Google to the National Security Council.
The hold by Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, could delay the confirmations of Radha Plumb, who is nominated to be deputy under secretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, and Laura Taylor-Kale, the administration’s pick for the assistant secretary of defense for industrial base policy.