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Sign with logo for Salesforce is visible on office tower in San Francisco, California, November 20, 2025. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

Salesforce lands $5.6B Army contract for data analytics, cloud capabilities

The tech provided under the deal could help lay the foundation for future agentic AI deployments, according to the vendor.

Jan 26, 2026 By Jon Harper

U.S. Operators with 10th Special Forces Group, along with special forces from the United Kingdom and Poland, infiltrate from a CH-47 Chinook helicopter and assault toward their objective during a joint training exercise in Colorado Springs, Colorado, June 5, 2025. The U.S., U.K. and Polish forces trained together for three weeks before the final exercise that consisted of teams converging on the objective, capturing or killing a high-value target, and executing sensitive site exploitation. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Rhianna Ballenger)

SOCOM exploring how AI can process biometrics, other data gathered by operators

In a request for information published Wednesday, SOCOM said it was looking to further “explore” various data collection capabilities and how AI can potentially analyze information from…

Jan 8, 2026 By Drew F. Lawrence

Too much data, too few analysts: How AI offers a ‘force multiplier’ for intelligence analysts

Without artificial intelligence, AI training, and automation, the Intelligence Community faces an overwhelming task in keeping top decision-makers informed in a fast-moving world.

Nov 12, 2025 By Scoop News Group

From data silos to strategic insights: The interoperability imperative for defense analytics

How technology advances, AI and data fabrics are bridging critical gaps in information sharing and accelerating the promise of near real-time, actionable intelligence.

Oct 28, 2025 By Scoop News Group

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

Future of Advana data platform unclear as Pentagon halts AI multiple award contract

Pentagon leadership recently paused the Chief Digital and AI Office’s program to re-compete a high-dollar contract for its widely used enterprise data and analytics platform, Advana, according…

Jul 23, 2025 By Brandi Vincent

Joint Staff pursues ‘major step forward’ to enhance ORION force management platform with AI

Officials offered an inside look at a new partnership with BigBear.ai to modernize an in-demand military intelligence platform.

Apr 15, 2025 By Brandi Vincent

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)

Make Advana Great Again

Advana has become yet another exemplar of a DOD software development project that lost its way.

Mar 17, 2025 By Tara Murphy Dougherty

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

DefenseScoop’s Brandi Vincent interviews Gen. Jackie Van Ovost on Sept. 17, 2024, on the sidelines of AFA’s Air, Space and Cyber conference at National Harbor, Maryland. (Photo by Natalie Powell. Public Affairs Specialist, U.S. Transportation Command)

‘It’s about the future’: Newly retired Gen. Van Ovost, the first woman to lead Transcom, reflects on her legacy

During a ceremony at Scott Air Force Base, Gen. Jackie Van Ovost passed command of U.S. Transportation Command to Gen. Randall Reed.

Oct 7, 2024 By Brandi Vincent