For anyone who wants to know how #ai and #datadriven decisions will change warfighting, this article by Greg Little and some of our Army/USMC leaders is a great piece with vision and practical insights the change that's underway. To add my own insight, I still observe 3 camps of digital technologies have gained popularity in their own regard, but rarely have been stirred up, shaken together, and integrated as a whole... #AI, #DevSecOps, and #MBSE. The explosion of interest of LLMs/GenAI has effectively "operationalized" AI in people's lives that may have never used it before. An Artificial Neural Network or simply "greedy algorithms" were terms for mainly data scientists, but #LLMs are now common vernacular from teenagers to retirees. Without a doubt, AI and DevSecOps are quickly mingling and will make AI operational, accessible, and useful. Is #MBSE the remaining lone ranger in this tech trio? Perhaps too many associate it with a buzz word, a tried discipline that didn't deliver on its initial expectations, or a costly experiment of the DoD. This excellent article essentially describes the real purpose behind #MBSE without naming it directly - ontology. "Ontology, a term borrowed from philosophical discourse but increasingly relevant in information science, refers to a systematic framework that categorizes and organizes digital knowledge. It provides a structured way to represent relationships between different pieces of information, facilitating a common understanding and interoperability among various automated systems." One reason that #MBSE hasn't be as accepted is that too often, people associate it with tool vendors vs. the power of the #SysML foundational ontology, and we have not yet received cleared military-based ontologies in the form of SysML metamodels, libraries, and profiles. IMO, the best is still to come... the SysML Version 2 language will be finalized this year and it will look much more like source code (in its textual notation). Imagine a military data ontology that looks with JSON with an elegant Java-like notation that full defines the structure and interfaces of complex military systems, the behavioral workflows of warfighting, and the performance-based parametrics to gain optimized advantage... all traced to "little R" operational requirements. Am I too daring to think that #MBSE will join its counterparts, #AI and #DevSecOps to become the tech trio for future, data-driven warfighting? Please comment and let me know your thoughts.
The U.S. military's wealth of experience is unparalleled. But how can they turn that experience into actionable insights for both humans and machines? A data-centric approach to warfare may hold the key. By integrating digital workflows and knowledge across its business and warfighting functions, the Department of Defense can capitalize on missed opportunities and transform its military experience into a machine-augmented, battle-tested force. As Ben Needles pointed out two years ago, digital knowledge is key to achieving this transformation. But it's not just about data and AI without context of outcomes. Over the years, many people have focused on improving mission workflows, and their influence has helped refine our narrative. The U.S. military's ability to harness its experience is what our adversaries fear the most. Let's move from PowerPoint to power moves and ensure that new technology is deployed at the speed of relevance! Thank you Bakari Dale, Joe OCallaghan, and Zach Riley for collaborating on this piece! Incredible thought leaders and doers in this space. We learned a lot about the importance of digital workflows and knowledge in the context of warfighting from many folks over the years. Thank you to (might have missed a few, I am sorry!): Madeline Zimmerman Shyam Sankar Akash J. David Spirk Leonel Garciga Matt Strohmeyer John Waterston Jock Padgett Jared S. Dan Hake Daniel LeventryJoseph Larson MajGen David Maxwell Rachael M.Jacqueline Tame Justin Fanelli Luis E. Velazquez Artem Sherbinin 🇺🇦 Schuyler Moore Bob Unger Matt Strickland, DML, TS/SCI Dion English Jane Overslaugh Rathbun Ron Boxall Chris Scrapper Christine Rodriguez, SES Alfred H. Joe McDade Shannon Boykin David Wiltse Liz Wehr Charleen L. Marco Temaner Dan Folliard #DoD #Military
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4moIt was great meeting Greg the CJADC2 Conference last summer. Chris, great insight as there is definitely a future in tech integration between these areas.