The Air Force and other military services are deploying artificial intelligence tools in their IT networks and Security Operations Centers where personnel monitor cyber threats, officials said May 6—but they are leveraging the emerging technology cautiously even as some say it is ready to transform ...
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In Part 3 of a series exploring the Software Acquisition Pathway made mandatory by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s March 6 memo, learn how the new rules were designed to strip away constraints on how the DOD and the military services contract with private sector companies, ...
There are many use cases for different kinds of artificial intelligence in the Space Force, but the service is moving cautiously towards adoption, hampered in part by a disconnect with vendors, officials said May 1.
The Space Force relies entirely on data—but it lacks the systems and tools to analyze and share that data properly even within the service, let alone with international partners, officials said May 1.
In Part 2 of a series exploring the Software Acquisition Pathway that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recently made mandatory, we look back at how the acquisition reform has its origins in problems with the F-35.
In Part 1 of a series exploring the Software Acquisition Pathway, Lt. Gen. Luke C.G. Cropsey, who heads the Air Force’s most consequential IT acquisition programs, says he’s already using the authorities that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has pushed to contract directly with commercial startups ...
A new fast-track approval process for software on Defense Department networks will use AI tools to radically shorten a process that currently takes months or years, Acting Pentagon Chief Information Officer Katie Arrington said April 23.
Military software developers are using generative AI-powered coding assistants to help them modernize decades-old legacy codebases, officials said this week. And the Department of the Air Force Bot Operations Team (DAFBOT), part of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, says it is leading the way.
Defense IT contractors who can demonstrate a secure supply chain and secure coding practices will soon be able to get fast track approval to have their products operate on DoD networks, radically shortening a process that often takes months or years at present, Pentagon Chief ...
