An AI ‘Brain’ For Bandwidth: Peraton Nabs DoD Spectrum Award, Eyes JADC2
The OSCAR effort is designed do develop AI/ML software that can detect spectrum interference and re-route users to open comms channels in near real time.
Small Sats at DoD: Let Hundreds Of Programs Bloom
DoD investments in small satellites to date are mostly in the realm of communications and remote sensing, says OUSDR&E's Doug Schroeder.
The questions that warfighters ask the most are now answered with data analytics
CDAO’s Advana data analytics platform is ingesting data from about 500 DoD business systems.
Warren Lifts Kendall, Shyu Holds; Pushes Four-Year Revolving Door Rule
Kendall and Shyu each have acquiesced to Warren's request that they "extend their ethics agreements / industry recusals from two years to four years, and to avoid seeking a waiver to their ethics agreements," said a congressional aide familiar with the issue.
Hypersonic Debates Shaped By Politics: Aerospace
"In some ways, it's too early to say 'game changer,' or 'nothing.' And I would say, just to put it starkly, each of those positions is probably likely to be untrue or inaccurate," CSBA's Tom Mahnken says.
NatSec AI Commission Urges New Vice Prez-Led Council
The report recommends that US adopt an "offensive approach" to countering to counter "malign information operations" by China and Russia.
More DoD Resignations: R&E Head Mike Griffin & Deputy Lisa Porter
Rumors had started flying that Griffin might be pushed out as long ago as last June.
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Navigation warfare is about the battle to assure positioning, navigation, and timing
The U.S. Army’s MAPS Gen II program of record for assured PNT provides an authoritative and reliable source of truth for combat vehicles in a highly contested battlespace.
AFRL’s ‘Quantum Collider’ Focuses On Boosting ISR, PNT
The lab is also kicking off "a worldwide $1 million challenge that canvases the international quantum research community for novel solutions in the emerging field," AFRL says.
Pentagon Ramps Up Civilian Hiring; Other Agencies Get Cut
Given the two-year break from sequestration, the Pentagon is hurrying up to hire civilians to push the modernization of the force to head off advances by China and Russia, a new DoD strategy document says.
Lawmakers Push Pentagon on Reforms, AI, New Missiles
The push from Capitol Hill follows a year of the Pentagon promising to do more, and do it quickly, when it comes to developing and buying next-generation technologies.
Pentagon’s Top Acquisition Job Gone, Reshaped In Defense Policy Bill
UPDATED: Adds Comment By Head of Professional Services Council, David Berteau WASHINGTON: The post of undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, currently held by the estimable Frank Kendall, will be no more come 2018. A Senate staff member confirms that the post will continue through 2017, according to language in the 2017 National […]
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Meeting modern airpower needs with faster R&D cycles for propulsion
As aircraft shrink, threats expand, and technology accelerates, aircraft engines must iterate along with the threats.
SASC NDAA: McCain Kills Kendall’s Job, F-35 JPO, 25% Of Generals
UPDATED from SASC briefing WASHINGTON: In their dueling drafts of the annual defense bill, Senate Armed Services Committee chairman John McCain has staked out bold positions where the House’s Mac Thornberry is cautious — and McCain is cautious where Thornberry is bold. Specifically, according to a summary his staff released last night, McCain’s bill is bold […]