Policy

US spy chief wants intel community to move away from building its own tech

Gabbard says industry can provide more tools, citing AI systems that are already helping analysts with major tasks.

Science & Tech

Defense One Radio, Ep. 182: Defense innovation with Shield AI’s Brandon Tseng

The Navy SEAL-turned-tech entrepreneur explores industry trends and challenges ahead of this year's GLOBSEC Forum.

Science & Tech

INDOPACOM brings AI to wargaming exercise

After nearly half a year of focusing on new tech, commanders get to pit decision-making tools against operational plans.

Science & Tech

For DOD, the future of large language models is smaller

Everyone loves big AI, but “maybe there is a smaller-parameter model that could run on a laptop.”

Science & Tech

DARPA takes aim at China's telecom hacks in AI-cyber contest

In the final round of August's AI Cyber Challenge, teams will try to build an AI-powered system that can secure infrastructure against Salt Typhoon-like attacks.

Ideas

Should I use AI in my wargame?

A gamers’ framework for understanding when and how to use today’s untrustworthy LLMs.

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Navy expands use of AI for target spotting, tracking

Two warships will test prototypes of Rebellion Defense’s IRIS system next year.

Defense Systems

This AI startup wants to give federal workers a taste of the intel community

Using AI that learns from images and video, Danti’s platform puts the power of an intel analyst at the fingertips of anyone with a .mil or .gov email address.

Science & Tech

Pentagon to build AI for war planning in Europe and Asia

Scale AI will develop an AI tool for interactive war gaming, resource allocation, analyzing Chinese threats.

Defense Systems

As space becomes more crowded, Space Force turns to AI

The newest service wants to understand where automation can augment—or even replace—humans in monitoring space for threats.

Ideas

Defense One Radio, Ep. 172: The Air Force's force-design leader

Maj. Gen. Joseph Kunkel discusses his how his service's modernization strategy will shape the future of air combat in an increasingly complex security landscape.

Defense Systems

Navy ops centers need AI to sift through troves of intel data

As ships collect ever more sensor data, Navy information warfare officers have to figure out how to quickly process information without getting bogged down.