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Internal email highlights how CDAO is responding to DOGE-inspired workforce reduction campaign

Correspondence obtained by DefenseScoop provides new information about personnel changes inside the AI hub.

1 day ago By Brandi Vincent

Members of the 18th Space Defense Combat Squadron, a unit assigned to U.S. Space Forces – Space under the USSF Force Generation model, observe orbital data at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., Oct. 4, 2024. (Space Force photo by David Dozoretz)

New Space Force plan charts path for enhanced Unified Data Library

The updated plan lays out how the service will improve its data-sharing capabilities and further integrate its fledgling cloud-based data repository.

3 days ago By Mikayla Easley

U.S. airmen participate in the Tactical Operations Center-Light experiment at the 805th Combat Training Squadron, also known as the Shadow Operations Center – Nellis, Capstone 24A experimentation event at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, June 28, 2024. (U.S. Air Force photo by Keith Keel)

How the Air Force is experimenting with AI-enabled tech for battle management

The 805th Combat Training Squadron is testing new technologies to assess their applicability for tactical command and control.

Mar 13, 2025 By Mikayla Easley

U.S. Air Force F-16 Falcons from Ellington Field, Texas, receive fuel from a U.S. Air Force KC-135 from the 117th Air Refueling Wing, Alabama on June 13, 2023.(U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Nicholas Faddis.)

Raytheon ready to add AI-enabled radar warning receiver to fighter jets, other Air Force platforms

Raytheon expects the Air Force to begin procurement of the Cognitive Algorithm Deployment System sometime in 2025.

Feb 24, 2025 By Mikayla Easley

Sgt. Victor Sanchez, a fire direction coordinator assigned to Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 258th Artillery Regiment, 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team of the New York Army National Guard, operates an advanced field artillery tactical data system to calculate aiming data to relay to the howitzer teams during an air assault artillery raid on Fort Drum, N.Y. on June 9, 2017. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Alexander Rector)

Army finalizing contracting approach for scaled-up version of enterprise data platform

Army Chief Data and Analytics Officer David Markowitz told DefenseScoop the goal for Army Data Platform 2.0 is to offer users new capabilities from multiple vendors.

Feb 7, 2025 By Mikayla Easley

Pentagon prototypes AI platform to better analyze adversaries’ news media

The CDAO is leveraging BigBear.ai’s Virtual Anticipation Network to advance complex information operations across the military.

Feb 6, 2025 By Brandi Vincent

U.S. Marines assigned to Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, carry their bags to a landing craft, utility attached to Assault Craft Unit 1 before departing the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) in the Pacific Ocean Nov. 23, 2024. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joseph Helms)

Marines use generative AI tech during long deployment to the Pacific

Officers from the 15th MEU talked to reporters about genAI and other recent efforts.

Feb 5, 2025 By Jon Harper

A woman walks under a sign of big data analytics US software company Palantir at their stand ahead of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on May 22, 2022. (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)

Palantir partners with data-labeling startup to improve accuracy of AI models

The partnership strives to improve the overall quality of artificial intelligence models by using high-quality, well-labeled data.

Feb 5, 2025 By Mikayla Easley

ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA – JANUARY 30: Emergency response units search the crash site of the American Airlines plane on the Potomac River after the plane crashed on approach to Reagan National Airport on January 30, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. The American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas collided with a military helicopter while approaching Ronald Reagan National Airport. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Army helicopter involved in fatal crash over the Potomac was not using AI, sources say

In statements, press briefings and one-on-one conversations Thursday, defense officials shed new light on the mid-air collision.

Jan 30, 2025 By Brandi Vincent Mikayla Easley

A view of the Pentagon on December 13, 2024. (Photo by DANIEL SLIM/AFP via Getty Images)

Advana’s future uncertain as program manager prepares to leave DOD

The Chief Digital and AI Office's Advana platform arms the military with decision-support analytics, visualizations and data-driven tools.

Jan 24, 2025 By Brandi Vincent