:

Pentagon

JAIC’s Chief Technology Officer To Serve As Acting Director

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, June 4th, 2020

SHARE:

JAIC’s Chief Technology Officer To Serve As Acting Director

Nand Mulchandani, acting director of the Pentagon's Joint Artificial Intelligence Center

The Pentagon’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) has named its chief technology officer (CTO) as its acting director following the retirement of the organization’s first leader later this summer. Nand Mulchandani, a former Silicon Valley executive, officially took over for Air Force Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan on June 1, and will remain in the position until a new three-star general is confirmed for the permanent role. “[Nand] transformed the organization from the moment he showed up,” Shanahan said on Thursday…

Congress

House Sends Dec. 11 CR With Ship Construction Funds To Trump’s Desk For Final Signature

The House on Tuesday passed a stopgap funding bill to keep the government open through Dec. 11, sending the temporary funding measure that also includes funds to support ongoing shipbuilding […]

Missile Defense

Guetlein On Golden Dome: ‘We Cannot Protect This Nation And Bankrupt It At The Same Time’

While there has been criticism among missile defense advocates of Golden Dome’s development pace after the signing of an executive order in January last year, Space Force Gen. Michael Guetlein, […]

Missile Defense

Interview with Rep. Jeff Crank (R-Colo.), co-chair of the Golden Dome Caucus

Rep. Jeff Crank (R-Colo.), a co-chair of the Golden Dome Caucus in Congress and a member of the House Armed Services Committee’s strategic forces panel, discusses the transformative defense investments […]

Space

Space Force PAE For Infrastructure Completing Move To Colorado Springs

U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command’s (SSC) Portfolio Acquisition Executive (PAE) for infrastructure–a $4 billion contracting hub for SSC–is completing a move from Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif. to […]