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)
Master Sgt. David Fisk, Sgt. 1st Class Sandra Ibanez and Staff Sgt. Angel Leon discuss capabilities during a rehearsal for Project Convergence – Capstone 5 (PC-C5) at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in April 2025. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Matthew Wantroba)
The U.S. Capitol, pictured near the Pentagon building in Arlington, Virginia, on December 14, 2024. (Photo by Tom Brenner for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Dr. Douglas Matty, Army Artificial Intelligence Task Force Director, spoke to Association of the United States Army annual meeting attendees during the October 13, 2021 Army Advanced Technologies (Cloud and Data) Warriors Corner event at Washington, D.C.’s Walter E. Washington Convention Center. (Photo by Edward Loomis)
President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, appear during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on February 26, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
In conversations this week, sources revealed who is functioning in some of the Pentagon's key technology-focused roles during the early days of Trump's second term.