Post-Advana rebrand, Accenture selected for $821M War Data Platform integration deal
Officials from the company, Defense Department and General Services Administration were unforthcoming about the procurement.
Officials from the company, Defense Department and General Services Administration were unforthcoming about the procurement.
The dual-hatted Undersecretary of Defense for Cyber, Information, and Networks would oversee the Pentagon’s IT enterprise and cyber operations.
“We’ve handed our warfighters a Ferrari, and my only sleepless nights come from … making sure we never, ever run out of the high-octane fuel that they need, which is compute,” CDAO Cameron Stanley said.
An official involved said the goal isn’t to replace humans with AI, but to free up their time for critical thinking and higher-value work.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other senior leaders in the department are keen on generative AI.
A March 9 memo sets an ambitious deadline for the Pentagon to make MSS a formal program of record by the end of this fiscal year.
Less than a month after the edict’s release, experts said the full implications of this major transition remain unclear.
Donelson has served as the Space Force’s CDAO since 2023, and previously held roles at the Army and U.S. Central Command.
The Swarm Forge initiative is one of the “pace-setting” projects that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called for earlier this year.
The products would enable AI-driven code generation, optimization, debugging, support and refinement at the edge.