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Pentagon extends ADA effort to accelerate combatant commands’ AI adoption

DefenseScoop was briefed on the DOD's latest plans to extend the AI and Data Acceleration initiative through the five-year defense plan.

Mar 19, 2024 By Brandi Vincent

Why the Pentagon didn’t request higher funding for AI in fiscal 2025

Adoption of the technology remains a top priority for the department, officials said.

Mar 11, 2024 By Brandi Vincent

Compromise NDAA includes AI bug bounty program, prize competition for detection and watermarking

Lawmakers and others are looking for ways to mitigate threats associated with artificial intelligence and generative AI.

Dec 8, 2023 By Jon Harper

DISA’s updated tech watchlist gets specific on AI capabilities

The Defense Information Systems Agency is taking a more comprehensive approach to analyzing AI capabilities and their potential use cases.

Nov 6, 2023 By Mikayla Easley

U.S. President Joe Biden signs a new executive order guiding his administration’s approach to artificial intelligence during an event in the East Room of the White House on October 30, 2023 in Washington, DC. President Biden issued a new executive order on Monday, directing his administration to create a new chief AI officer, track companies developing the most powerful AI systems, adopt stronger privacy policies and “both deploy AI and guard against its possible bias,” creating new safety guidelines and industry standards. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Biden tasks Pentagon to carry out new AI pilot for cyber defense

The directive is part of an executive order on the “Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence.”

Oct 30, 2023 By Jon Harper

Special operators conduct training in austere conditions at Pituffik Space Base, Greenland, on May 9, 2023, in support of exercise ARCTIC EDGE 2023. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Andrew Adams)

Arctic strategy implementation plan calls for enhanced military comms, sensing and PNT

The White House's new implementation plan is a follow-up to the administration's 2022 Arctic strategy.

Oct 23, 2023 By Mikayla Easley

Army Secretary Christine Wormuth at the AUSA annual meeting in Washington, D.C., Monday, Oct. 9, 2023. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis for AUSA)

Army leaders puzzling out how the service can fit into DOD’s new Replicator initiative

“I do think that we have a number of areas that would be right for Replicator, and that would include [drones] of all sizes,” Army Secretary Christine…

Oct 9, 2023 By Brandi Vincent

Task Force Lima chief gives first look at DOD’s vision for rapidly exploring the uncertain power of generative AI

The CDAO’s new Task Force Lima Mission Commander Navy Capt. M. Xavier Lugo recently briefed DefenseScoop on his team's ambitious plans.

Sep 27, 2023 By Brandi Vincent

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson attends a press conference at NASA headquarters September 14, 2023 in Washington, D.C. NASA announced the agency has appointed a new director of research to study “unidentified anomalous phenomenon”, formerly referred to as UFOs. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

NASA appoints new head of UAP research as it eyes deeper cooperation with Pentagon

The space agency also unveiled a report about how data collected by government, commercial and other sources can be analyzed to make sense of reports of potential…

Sep 14, 2023 By Brandi Vincent

India and United States flags together (iStock/Getty Images)

First INDUS-X joint challenges to focus on undersea communication, maritime ISR

INDUS-X is a U.S.-India defense collaboration effort focused on connecting the national innovation bases of the two countries and facilitating the joint pursuit of emerging tech with…

Sep 5, 2023 By Jon Harper