“No matter what theater we talk about – PACOM, Europe – everything needs to be smaller, lighter [and] very modular, so…we can throw it in the back of a pickup truck,” said Col. Devin Licklider, program manager for MAGTF Command & Control.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.How to ensure readiness of next-generation defense technology: Solving the issue of massive heat.
High-performance systems generate tremendous amounts of heat that can compromise missions and make high-tech systems less effective in tactical environments. But there is a solution to this modern-age challenge.
Instead of demanding an exhaustive “AI Bill of Materials.” the Army will only ask contractors for a “baseball card” of key stats on their AI — while building up its in-house capacity to check for bad code or “poisoned” data.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
“Any commercial LLM that is out there, that is learning from the internet, is poisoned today,” Jennifer Swanson said, “but our main concern [is] those algorithms that are going to be informing battlefield decisions.”
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
With ever-larger numbers of drones, unmanned submersibles and robot boats, said 4th Fleet Rear Adm. Jim Aiken, “what we didn’t realize was the volume of data we were going to get at headquarters.”
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
The companies received contracts for one of three areas — autonomous navigation, machine learning and autonomy, or software system integrators.
By Ashley Roque
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Space Systems Command’s FORGE program is the first, major missile-warning software modernization effort in 20 years.
By Breaking Defense
“If we want to fight as a system… you have to start sharing technology now,” the former head of the Pentagon’s Joint AI Center told Breaking Defense. “We can’t build the system on the eve of battle.”
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
Modernizing our supply chain is a national security imperative
Closing supply chain gaps in innovating technology will reposition the industrial base to be a strategic source of value.
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Success of each mission depends on advanced technologies, automation and flexibility.
By Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing Company
BigBear.ai is on contract to combine 15 readiness data systems into a new cloud-based system called Global Force Integrated Management, while LMI leads on consolidating 28 more into the Army Training Integrated System.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
The Air National Guard, regular Army, and Space Force are also exploring Hypori’s “zero trust” Bring Your Own Device approach to connect personal phones securely to government systems.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
With the Robotic Combat Vehicle Light set to enter service in 2028, young soldiers are providing vital feedback on prototypes, tactics and user-friendly interfaces.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
The Biden administration also unveiled a new executive order targeting US investment in Chinese AI, quantum and microelectronic tech.
By Jaspreet Gill
While billions over budget and years behind schedule, “Block 4 is going to be fundamentally, radically better,” especially in electronic warfare, argued AFA’s Doug Birkey. “In many ways, it’s an entirely new jet.”
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
The former commander of the US Air Force’s Kessel Run software development center argues in this op-ed that the American military must play nicer with allies in tech development and cyberspace if it’s to win there.
By Enrique Oti