Pentagon
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyJAIC Director Details Need For Network Of Operating Platforms To Employ AI At Tactical Edge
The Pentagon’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) is looking to bring together stakeholders from across the department to build out a network of operating platforms that will enable the use […]
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BudgetBiden To Request $715 Billion For Pentagon In FY ‘22; Slight Increase Over Current Budget
The Biden administration will propose spending $753 billion on national defense in fiscal year 2022, including $715 billion for the Pentagon, which would represent a slight increase over FY ‘21 […]
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PentagonTrussler Says Final Approval Of JADC2 Strategy Soon
A Navy official this week said the Defense Department is “pretty close” on final approval of the Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) strategy. “Unclear if the intent is to […]
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PentagonGAO: DoD’s Ground Readiness Increased, Sea Readiness Decreased In Recent Years
The Pentagon experienced an increase in readiness in the ground domain and a decrease in the sea domain in recent years, according to a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, […]
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PentagonPentagon To Roll Out Document This Spring Detailing New Joint Data Structure Requirements
As the Pentagon gets set to release requirements for the new Joint Warfighting Concept later this spring, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Wednesday a separate […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
Pentagon’s Financial Management Office Cutting Down On Improper Payments With AI, New Tech
The Pentagon’s push to integrate emerging technologies in its financial management and budgeting process has resulted in finding $4 billion in dormant contract obligations to shift toward higher priority items […]
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PentagonBiden Nominates DIU Director Michael Brown To Serve As Pentagon’s Top Acquisition Official
President Biden announced on Friday evening he has nominated Michael Brown, the director of the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit, to serve as the department’s top acquisition official. Biden also announced […]
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CongressSASC’s Vote On Nominee For Pentagon’s Top Policy Job Results In A Tie
The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) on Wednesday voted 13-13, along party lines, on the nomination of Colin Kahl for the Pentagon’s top policy job, the latest contentious step in […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
Joint Artificial Intelligence Center’s Common Development Platform Reaches IOC
The director of the Pentagon’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JIAC) said Tuesday the organization’s common AI development platform has reached Initial Operating Capability, as the department looks to use the […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyUS Spending $15 Billion On Hypersonic Weapons Over 10 Years, GAO Says
The U.S. government is spending $15 billion on hypersonic weapons spread out over 70 separate efforts across three departments and agencies in the areas of offensive weapons, new technologies and […]