Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2)

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Submarine leaders want to tap into JADC2 network without giving away their position

Everything the submarine force is doing today – from experimenting with unmanned systems to finding its place within a joint force command and control network to growing from a recent low in force size – is done with a mindset of preparing to win major combat operations, submarine force...

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That is always the challenge. A submarine has one advantage over a surface ship: the ability to hide. Take that away and it's a very expensive way to carry a very small number of weapons around. (688i and Virginia classes only carry 24-26 weapons in the torpedo room, and another 12 in the VLS, max load of about 32 Tomahawks because no sub will go out to sea without any torpedoes onboard)

 

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SPECIAL REPORT: Air Force Reorganizes to Tackle JADC2 Complexities

SPECIAL REPORT: Air Force Reorganizes to Tackle JADC2 Complexities

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AFRL Airlift Challenge tests AI-based logistics planning for future operations

Rome NY (SPX) Jul 14, 2023 - The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, hosted an Airlift Challenge competition in January 2023. This online competition is helping to advance state-of-the-art planning algorithms for executing

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DARPA seeks to enhance decision-making with collaborative knowledge curation

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 18, 2023 - In an attempt to unravel the complex interactions within socioeconomic systems, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is seeking ideas on how to partially automate the process of kno

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DISA looking beyond 'technical solutions' to help DoD integrate partners into CJADC2 - Breaking Defense

Updating policy related to identity, credentialing and access management, or ICAM, will be a key step when integrating partners into CJADC2, according to a DISA official.

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In next Global Information Dominance Experiments, CDAO looking to speed allied info-sharing - Breaking Defense

Through the reinvigorated GIDEs, the Pentagon is “for the first time” taking a “speed and quality approach,” Pentagon Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office chief Greg Little said.

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To go faster on AI, think small and build trust

Focused collaborations on distinct problems pave the pathway for greater access between builders and users.

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Air Force developing new architecture for JADC2 'kill chains,' wants faster ABMS development - Breaking Defense

The first analysis of what that architecture would look like was delivered to Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall in June, Brig. Gen. Luke Cropsey said.

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AI-enabled social media tool 'promising' new tech for Army: Officials - Breaking Defense

The tech could potentially help the service in the information advantage and dominance space by creating an “overlay” for a commander to see and make decisions — a capability the Army doesn’t have yet, one official said.

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For DoD microelectronics, invest more in data-centric approach: report - Breaking Defense

“To stay ahead of our competitors, the Department of Defense needs access to the commercial supply chain of microelectronics," William LaPlante, USD A&S, said. "It is absolutely essential, but it comes with inherent risks. The independent panel review is helping us better understand the...

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Pentagon launches 'Task Force Lima' to study generative AI for defense - Breaking Defense

Led by the Pentagon’s Chief Digital and AI Office, the task force “will assess, synchronize, and employ generative AI capabilities across the DoD, ensuring the Department remains at the forefront of cutting-edge technologies while safeguarding national security,” according to a DoD announcement.

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NSA ‘recently completed’ AI strategic study, director says

Outgoing chief Gen. Paul Nakasone looks back, forward, and pushes for Sec. 702 authority.

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Why ‘JADC2′ needs yet another ‘C,’ according to Pentagon officials

“We really wanted to send out the signal that we operate and fight with our allies and partners all the time,” said Margie Palmieri, the deputy CDAO.

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Three ways a technological revolution will impact the intel community

A technological revolution is set to hit the intelligence community hard, and in three earth-shaking ways.

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Seven Critical Technologies for Winning the Next War

Which technologies will make a real difference in future warfare? A new CSIS report identifies the seven critical technologies that are likely to define the success of the United States across the spectrum of conflict over the next decade.

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The time is now to go all in on modernizing weapon systems

Just as kinetic capabilities are crucial to success on the ground, so too is data crucial to operational success in cyberspace.

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Treat AI as your 'crazy drunk friend,' not like 'peanut butter': CIA tech chief - Breaking Defense

Intelligence analysts need to be especially cautious about artificial intelligence “hallucinations” or other false outputs, said the CIA’s Chief Technology Officer — but AI can also generate genuinely useful insights out of left field.

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Military services' zero trust plans to go under the Pentagon's microscope - Breaking Defense

The strategy for each service and other defense organizations is meant to align with the Pentagon's aim of getting to "targeted" zero trust by 2027.

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Beyond ChatGPT: Experts say generative AI should write — but not execute — battle plans - Breaking Defense

Training artificial intelligence on military-specific doctrine and intelligence to come up with operational plans is an "active area of experimentation right now," according to a Special Competitive Studies Project analyst.

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How DARPA is tackling long-term microelectronics challenges

The Pentagon’s hub for high-risk, high-reward research wants to help the U.S. make the next big microelectronics manufacturing breakthrough.

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Episode 145 — Regaining the Spectrum Warfare Advantage: Leadership Conversation - Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies Podcasts

In Episode 145 of the Aerospace Advantage, Regaining the Spectrum Warfare Advantage: Leadership Conversation, Doug Birkey chats with the commander of the 350th Spectrum Warfare Wing, Col Joshua Koslov to discuss the current state of this mission area, explain challenges and opportunities, define...

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‘Data fabric’ can help militaries achieve supremacy on the battlefield

The paper is the result of dozens of surveys conducted over several months with key current and former high-ranking military officials around the globe.

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Allies first: The future of military data sharing?

The Ukraine war has reaffirmed the vital importance of enabling militaries to communicate faster, more efficiently and safely with each other.

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3 ways DARPA aims to tame 'strategic chaos' with AI - Breaking Defense

Combat is too complicated and chaotic for existing AI to analyze, and DARPA is trying to figure out the best way to combine algorithms with human expertise.

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‘Tech Watchlist’ reveals Pentagon vision of future digital battlefield

The fiscal 2023 list includes generative AI, quantum-resistant cryptography, Thunderdome cybersecurity and 5G wireless communications.

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nclude:

• Generative AI
• Quantum-resistant cryptography
• Edge computing
• Autonomous penetration testing
• Data tagging
• Big-data analytics and visualization
• Infrastructure as code
• Telepresence
• Thunderdome zero-trust
• 5G fifth-generation network connectivity

Bill Grenzer, the technical director at DISA’s Emerging Technology Directorate, said the list helps visualize “all the technical areas that DISA is going to be looking at over the coming 12 months, or even several years out.”

 

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Coalition warfare requires coalition software - Breaking Defense

The former commander of the US Air Force’s Kessel Run software development center argues in this op-ed that the American military must play nicer with allies in tech development and cyberspace if it’s to win there.

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'All systems need to be hardened': Officials, industry sound the alarm on quantum threat to encryption - Breaking Defense

New “quantum resistant” encryption standards won’t be finalized until next year, but officials and experts say agencies and industry should start hunting vulnerabilities hidden in their software and hardware, including embedded chips critical to US weapons.

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AI battle labs are coming to INDOPACOM, EUCOM - Breaking Defense

"Despite the speed and impacts from BRAVO hackathons, we are still finding the time from development of capabilities, calibrations, or tactics with operational data to employment in theater to be on the order of months or years," Stuart Wagner, Air Force chief digital transformation officer and...

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Founding the Foundry: Industry day approaches for Navy's shipboard computing hardware initiative - Breaking Defense

The Foundry will be the sister program to the Navy's software factory known as "the Forge."

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Does Pentagon need an overarching AI acquisition plan? A key official is wary - Breaking Defense

“What we've really been trying to wrestle with inside of CDAO is not to over centralize because the department is so diverse and distributed and so large, that we want innovation to happen at the edge,” said Margaret Palmieri, deputy chief digital and AI officer.

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Finally, automated data tagging and TDF-enabled ABAC advance the goals of Joint All-Domain Command and Control, or JADC2, helping to enable a secure mission partner environment and optimize the sharing of sensitive information among partners.

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Why ‘JADC2′ needs yet another ‘C,’ according to Pentagon officials

“We really wanted to send out the signal that we operate and fight with our allies and partners all the time,” said Margie Palmieri, the deputy CDAO.

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Return of CJADC2: DoD officially moves ahead with 'combined' JADC2 in a rebrand focusing on partners - Breaking Defense

“The ‘combined’ is to highlight that we’re going to start out with these capabilities by being interoperable from the beginning,” Lt. Gen. Mary O’Brien said today, adding another letter to the already murky acronym.

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CYBERCOM 'developing' own cyber intelligence center to focus on 'nuts and bolts' all-source intel - Breaking Defense

“We know everything about, you know, a T-72 tank all the way to every nut and bolt in there for the Army," Col. Candice Frost said. "But we don't have that for networks, with respect to all-source capability.”

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A Divorce Between the Navy and Cyber Command Would Be Dangerous - War on the Rocks

Frustrated by reports of the U.S. Navy’s underperformance in cyber operations, Congress has made an unusual request. The Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense

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Maligned Pentagon AI program ‘GAMECHANGER’ might inspire Congress to change its own game

A recent article in the Intercept portrayed the Pentagon’s GAMECHANGER program as an embarrassing admission of bureaucratic ineptitude. That kind of clickbait headline exa…

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Forget PowerPoint and move faster on planning, Army 2-star says

Quicker cycles for targeting and operations will mean more demands on intelligence.

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What IBM's new AI-enabling, brain-inspired computer chips could mean for DOD

DefenseScoop was briefed on IBM's NorthPole prototype.

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Microchip breakthrough may reshape the future of AI

IBM’s new NorthPole may enable smarter, more efficient, network-independent devices that may even help the U.S. win the microchip war against China.

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Semiconductor lab at Hanscom AFB should be ready by 2026, Air Force says

Construction of a new semiconductor lab at Hanscom Air Force Base in Bedford, Mass., has been derailed because of “significant unforeseen site conditions” but should be finished by October 2026, U.S. Air Force officials said.

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Now that Maven is a program of record, NGA looks at LLMs, data labeling - Breaking Defense

"We’ve hit our milestones and you’ll start seeing as we look to the next few months a lot more activity from the Maven office in terms of contracting," Rachel Martin said.

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Inside Task Force Lima's exploration of 180-plus generative AI use cases for DOD

Task Force Lima continues to gain momentum across many pursuits in its ambitious, 18-month plan to help the Pentagon understand and accelerate generative AI.

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How US can get and stay ahead of adversaries on intelligence data

Opinion: Data is playing an increasingly critical role in intelligence community operations and mission support.

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