Pentagon CTO ‘pretty confident’ about life after Anthropic
“We've already deployed OpenAI in the last few weeks, and we're going to deploy the others here, [starting] with Gemini," Undersecretary for Research and Engineering Emil Michael said.
Pentagon CTO says it’s ‘not democratic’ for Anthropic to limit military use of Claude AI
"What we're not going to do is let any one company dictate a new set of policies above and beyond what Congress has passed," Under Secretary Emil Michael said of the ongoing impasse between the Pentagon and Anthropic.
Breaking Defense announces Breaking Defense Europe, a new, distinct, European edition
Breaking Defense Europe will launch May 4 with Tim Martin and Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo as co-editors.
DoD expects AI-powered database of patents ready for industry by year’s end
All too often, DoD Technology Transfer director Steve Luckowski told Breaking Defense, “we build fragile supply chains we're the only customer for.”
Pentagon rolls out GenAI platform to all personnel, using Google’s Gemini
Other “frontier AI capabilities” will join Gemini on the new GenAi.mil platform, meant to make generative AI tools available to all three million military and civilian personnel, the Department of Defense announced.
DoD R&E chief says Pentagon will trim ‘critical technology’ list
"The idea is to concentrate back to a number that we really believe is critical," Emil Michael said.
Pentagon R&E chief pushes new tech initiatives, expects bump in funding
Undersecretary for Research and Engineering Heidi Shyu to brief defense secretary today on how Pentagon can bridge over the dreaded tech "valley of death" between the lab and the battlefield.
Modernizing defense enterprise IT without disrupting the mission
Government can’t stop to update systems, so modernization has to happen without interruptions.
Missile Defense Costs To Soar $5B A Year: CBO
CBO estimates that developing F-35-launched boost-phase interceptors to defend against North Korean ballistic missiles would cost $25 billion to $40 billion to develop, with an additional $10 billion to $20 billion a year to operate.
Pentagon Wrestles With How To Break Up ATL
NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY: Like a surgeon planning to separate Siamese twins, Pentagon officials worry how complex the congressional mandated breakup of the acquisition bureaucracy could become. “We understand the challenges (and are) very cognizant” of the risk,” acting deputy assistant secretary for research and engineering Mary Miller told me this morning. “It’s going to be difficult,” Miller […]
RUMINT: Van Hipp Back For Army Sec; Rob Blair Comptroller; Stackley For ATL
WASHINGTON: Musical chairs times, dear readers. The rumor mill — we can’t call it anything else given how uncertain the Trump administration’s nomination process has been — has a number of top Pentagon positions getting filled. Who, you ask breathlessly? Robert Blair, the top staffer on the House Appropriations defense subcommittee, has surfaced as a likely candidate […]