Artificial intelligence will revolutionize how the Department of Defense leaders make decisions, according to a top AI official. Lt. Gen. Michael Groen, director of the department's Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, said combatant commanders will particularly benefit from the analytical capabilities of AI, Nextgov reported. He said that while combatant commanders are excellent decision-makers themselves, they […]
Lt. Gen. Dennis Crall, director for command, control, communications and computers on the Department of Defense’s Joint Staff, said the comprehensive strategy for the Joint All-Domain Command and Control is almost 80 percent complete. The plan is the Department of Defense’s vision to connect all of the military’s sensors and weapons systems together. The document […]
Michael Rigas, acting director at the Office of Personnel Management, said federal agencies are being urged to heed the memorandum of understanding that the agency has released listing the responsibilities for employees taking part in rotational programs. The MOU, which outlines the role of the home agency, host agency and participant, states that government organizations […]
Government agencies may tap the Office of Management and Budget's newly established Information Technology Vendor Management Office for help in procuring IT, including artificial intelligence, the federal chief procurement officer said. Michael Wooten, administrator of the OMB's Office of Federal Procurement Policy, said ITVMO will provide agencies with the resources and expertise they need to […]
Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach, commander of the U.S. Pacific Air Forces, said hypersonic weapons should be a top priority for lawmakers in Congress should they approve a new budget for Pacific operations. According to Wilsbach, hypersonic weapons have shorter flight times and improved target accuracy compared to the current family of weapons used by the Pacific […]
Top Department of Defense officials have affirmed plans to make the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center more widely support the disparate AI efforts across the military services. DoD Chief Information Officer Dana Deasy, a two-time Wash100 awardee, said he is committed to using JAIC’s Joint Common Foundation to serve as a force multiplier for the services, […]
Dr. Gillian Bussey, director for the Joint Hypersonics Transition Office, said the organization is enhancing its engineering expertise with the help of the Naval Surface Warface Center Crane Division. Established in April and operating under the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, JHTO is meant to help move hypersonic weapons from […]
The Defense Information Systems Agency is looking to adopt a new way of browsing the internet, called Cloud-Based Internet Isolation, to address bandwidth requirements and cyber risks, in addition to generating cost savings. Compared to traditional web browsing, which consumes a lot of bandwidth and poses cyber risks such as viruses and denial of service […]
The Department of Defense is conducting experiments to grasp how effective 5G communications will be for supporting foreign allies, according to a senior official. Joseph Evans, principal director for 5G in the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, believes it would be far easier for allies and partners to access 5G […]
The Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service’s Cyber Readiness Center intends to use elements of the IBM Security portfolio to strengthen its national cybersecurity training initiatives. In a statement, Charles Henderson, global head and managing partner of IBM X-Force Red, said that merging X-Force Red’s “think like an attacker” approach to solving security problems with TEEX […]
