The OTA comes as SOCOM is fast-tracking frontier AI capabilities to solve real-world operational challenges and free up its leaders to focus on the most complex strategic…
Gabe Chiulli, acting Army chief information officer, answers questions about Project Gatekeeper during a media roundtable at the Association of the United States Army Annual Meeting and Exposition in Washington, D.C., Oct. 13, 2026. Chiulli provided details about the initiative and its role in advancing the Army’s information technology capabilities. (U.S. Army photo by Jason Amadi)
Soon, Project Gatekeeper’s security testing will be powered by frontier AI models and the wider public will be able to access the platform using Login.Gov credentials.
US President Donald Trump (R) shakes hands with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth as he arrives to speak at Anduril Industries in Sparrows Point, Maryland, on October 6, 2026. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP via Getty Images)
U.S. Army Soldiers performing preventive maintenance checks and services using Army Communications-Electronics Command’s AI-Assisted Maintenance system. (U.S. Army photo by Sean Kief)
Army officials said soldiers can query AIAM for repair references, document maintenance issues for their supervisors to vet, connect with civilian logistics assistance representatives for help and…
U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Eric E. Austin, the commanding general of Marine Corps Combat Development Command and deputy commandant for Combat Development and Integration, Portfolio Acquisition Executive, Marine Corps, provides his remarks at the Mavin Smart System Summit at Quantico Corporate Center, Va., Aug. 25, 2026. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Magdalena Tochimani-Fuentes)
U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Kyle A. Frakes, assigned to 4th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, operates the ADIP software platform during a division reconnaissance and security experiment as part of Project Convergence Capstone 6 at Fort Irwin, California, July 21, 2026. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Ger’vonni Straun)
The initiative is intended to speed up the onboarding of defense vendors’ software into the service’s network by using AI to vet prospective industry code in an…
Lt. Gen. Chris Eubank, Commanding General, United States Army Cyber Command, speaks at the Warriors Corner #3 during the 2026 Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Annual Meeting and Exposition at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., Oct. 12, 2026. (U.S. Army photo by Rey Ramon)
Task Force Lexington has “mapped out” an entire Cyber Protection Team composed of agents, including for analytic support and network analysts, among other roles.
