Chandra Donelson departs as Space Force CDAO
Donelson has served as the Space Force’s CDAO since 2023, and previously held roles at the Army and U.S. Central Command.
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Chandra Donelson. (U.S. Air Force photo by SSgt. Stuart Bright) AI -
US President Donald Trump leaves after announcing the US Navy’s new Golden Fleet initiative, unveiling a new class of warships, at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, on December 22, 2025. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images) Tech Trump’s 2027 budget request includes more than $65B for Navy shipbuilding
The budget proposal includes initial funding for a new class of battleships.
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Lumberjack drone (Photo Credit: Northrop Grumman) Weapons Army tests autonomous strike drone featuring AI-enabled targeting capabilities
During the recent Operation Lethal Eagle, Northrop Grumman demonstrated its new Lumberjack drone and its ability to conduct autonomous target detection via the Maven Smart System.
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(Getty Images) AI Pentagon preparing for drone swarm ‘crucible’
The Swarm Forge initiative is one of the “pace-setting” projects that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called for earlier this year.
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SES Keith Hardiman. (U.S. Air Force photo by Eric Dietrich) IT Keith Hardiman appointed deputy CIO for Air Force, Space Force
Hardiman had previously been serving in the role in an acting capacity.
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Concept interior of a data center (Getty Images) IT Army picks companies to build commercial data centers at Fort Bliss, Dugway Proving Ground
The initiative is being pursued via the Army’s Enhanced Use Lease program, following an executive order from President Donald Trump.
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An aerial view of the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., May 15, 2023. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. John Wright) Op-Ed A policy gap is threatening the Pentagon’s AI innovation pipeline
The stakes are especially high because the future of U.S. military capability will depend heavily on technologies developed outside the traditional defense industry.
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AI Katrina Manson: Project Maven and the Advent of Algorithmic Warfare
Katrina Manson, Author, Project Maven & Reporter, Bloomberg News
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Sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64) stand watch in the ship’s Combat Information Center during an operation in the Red Sea to defeat a combination of Houthi missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles, Oct. 19, 2023. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aaron Lau) AI Navy program turns ships into continuous data pipelines for AI development
Applied Intuition has delivered the first Data Edge Collection Kit to the Navy, which will allow the service to constantly collect AI-ready data from the operational environment.
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U.S. Navy Adm. Brad Cooper, commander of U.S. Central Command, makes an announcement aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in the Arabian Sea, Feb. 7, 2026. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sonny Escalante) AI Centcom commander touts use of AI in fight against Iran during Operation Epic Fury
Advanced AI tools “can turn processes that used to take hours and sometimes even days into seconds,” Adm. Cooper said.