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Navy Seeking Data Management Capabilities

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2018

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The Defense Department plans within six months to establish a laboratory dedicated to artificial intelligence, which Deputy Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan said is the key to saving billions of dollars by streamlining the Pentagon’s business and computing systems.Navy officials are looking for new information technology (IT) capabilities to to make their data more manageable for warfighters and improve the mobility and security of system applications, according to the service’s lead cyber security official.Rear Adm. Danelle Barrett told attendees at an…

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