Artificial Intelligence

Information superiority and the race for global AI leadership

The Pentagon is pursuing a third offset strategy — one that puts Artificial Intelligence at the forefront of U.S. defense policy.

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Defense startup Anduril secures $1.5 billion investment

Company to use funding for development of "autonomous defense capabilities."

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Artificial Intelligence

LMI acquires Synaptech to enter fast-growing space business

By moving into the sector, LMI said it's seeking to provide input and technologies to all domains of the armed forces.

A U-2 Dragon Lady assigned prepares to land at Beale Air Force Base, California, in 2020. The flight marked a major leap forward, as artificial intelligence took flight aboard a military aircraft.

US Air Force must ‘automate more’ to maintain advantage, CIO says

More than 600 AI projects, including several related to major weapons systems, were underway at the Department of Defense as of April 2021.

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World View, Sierra Nevada uncrewed balloons to allow stratospheric ISR

Balloon-based systems can remain in the air at high altitudes for long periods of time while conducting surveillance operations.

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Rafael’s ‘Drone Dome’ anti-UAS system advances in Pentagon competition

The system demonstrated detection, identification and soft-kill capabilities against drone targets and is now eligible to compete for federal contracts.

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Accrete wins contract from Pentagon for AI threat detection software

Argus uses artificial intelligence to read, understand and learn from unstructured data to spot bad actors.

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How Robotic Process Automation is helping federal agencies manage data

RPA and the use of intelligent bots are proving critical for agencies seeking to automate time-consuming manual processes.

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The human touch: ‘Artificial General Intelligence’ is next phase of AI

AGI is the ability of an intelligent agent to understand or learn any intellectual task in the same way that humans do.

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Demystifying the five ‘sights’ of artificial intelligence

Hindsight, foresight, insight, oversight and rightsight all needed to unlock AI's full potential.

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Four questions with France’s military cyber mission lead

France foresees its future military force as heavily relying on systems of systems, whose networks are interconnected across the battlefield.

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Data preparation is key to expanding military benefits of AI

Using data correctly can provide new AI capabilities to commanders without taking away any of their legacy decision-making tools.

4 weeks ago

Microsoft extends aid for Ukraine’s wartime tech innovation

Commitment of more than $400 million enables Kyiv and organizations to keep using the Microsoft cloud and its public data centers.

5 weeks ago

Singapore unveils new cyber-focused military service

Singapore has officially inaugurated its fourth military branch as it seeks to combat modern threats in the digital domain.

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Keeping the human in the OODA Loop

The task of evaluating multiple and disparate datasets is put on analysts and decision makers using tools for visualization.

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Biden seeks ‘right technology investment’ in National Defense Strategy

Along with investments in directed-energy and hypersonics, the strategy would make U.S. a “fast-follower” in artificial intelligence and autonomy.

6 weeks ago

Artificial intelligence is critical to accelerated decision making

Without clean, easy-to-understand data, AI cannot provide effective analysis for quick and correct decisions.

6 weeks ago

Pentagon’s Project Maven transition stymied by Congress, official says

Project Maven is being divvied up amid a concerted Pentagon push to study, test and more effectively apply artificial intelligence.

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U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Jordan Chaussepied, right, and Cpl. William Horton assemble a VXE-30 Stalker unmanned aircraft system during Exercise Hedgehog 22 near Saaremaa, Estonia, in May 2022.

Lockheed, IBM’s Red Hat team up to speed AI development for Pentagon

The U.S. Department of Defense is increasingly interested in artificial intelligence and machine learning, both on and off the battlefield.

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‘SBOM’ disclosure rules loom for federal software procurement

Software Bill of Materials are machine-readable inventories of software components designed to reduce cost and security risk.

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The Pentagon is turning to artificial intelligence to solve logistics and battlefield problems with the hopes of accelerating operations. To stay up on the latest advances, read here.

The Pentagon is pursuing a third offset strategy — one that puts Artificial Intelligence at the forefront of U.S. defense policy.

Company to use funding for development of "autonomous defense capabilities."

By moving into the sector, LMI said it's seeking to provide input and technologies to all domains of the armed forces.

More than 600 AI projects, including several related to major weapons systems, were underway at the Department of Defense as of April 2021.

Balloon-based systems can remain in the air at high altitudes for long periods of time while conducting surveillance operations.

The system demonstrated detection, identification and soft-kill capabilities against drone targets and is now eligible to compete for federal contracts.

Argus uses artificial intelligence to read, understand and learn from unstructured data to spot bad actors.

RPA and the use of intelligent bots are proving critical for agencies seeking to automate time-consuming manual processes.

AGI is the ability of an intelligent agent to understand or learn any intellectual task in the same way that humans do.

Hindsight, foresight, insight, oversight and rightsight all needed to unlock AI's full potential.

France foresees its future military force as heavily relying on systems of systems, whose networks are interconnected across the battlefield.

Using data correctly can provide new AI capabilities to commanders without taking away any of their legacy decision-making tools.

Commitment of more than $400 million enables Kyiv and organizations to keep using the Microsoft cloud and its public data centers.

Singapore has officially inaugurated its fourth military branch as it seeks to combat modern threats in the digital domain.

The task of evaluating multiple and disparate datasets is put on analysts and decision makers using tools for visualization.

Along with investments in directed-energy and hypersonics, the strategy would make U.S. a “fast-follower” in artificial intelligence and autonomy.

Without clean, easy-to-understand data, AI cannot provide effective analysis for quick and correct decisions.

Project Maven is being divvied up amid a concerted Pentagon push to study, test and more effectively apply artificial intelligence.

The U.S. Department of Defense is increasingly interested in artificial intelligence and machine learning, both on and off the battlefield.

Software Bill of Materials are machine-readable inventories of software components designed to reduce cost and security risk.