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🚀 Introducing the Transition Tracking Action Group (TTAG)! Led by Heidi Shyu, Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, the DOD is leveraging advanced data analytics to ensure new technologies reach our troops effectively. TTAG breaks down data silos, unifying insights to enhance oversight and optimize investments. Learn more about the TTAG and how it is shaping the future of defense technology. https://lnkd.in/eKvHn9-P #TTAG #DefenseInnovation #DataInsights

We’ll help with this…especially when it comes to quantum migration, and post quantum cryptography.

Like many of you, I have been spending a lot of time in the area of actionable program development for enabling the adoption of AI into our businesses. In this week’s  Security Sparks – Insight for Pro’s  I talk about things we can do now as building blocks to meet the industry where they are going while capitalizing on investments we’ve already made.  Have a listen and hope it “sparks” some ideas for you and your teams! #cyber #cybersecurity #aidefense #businessoperationsprotection #riskmanagement #ciso #cisolife #informationsecurity #ai

Concepts are tough. Predicated on what the future might look like, they are almost always doomed to fail, at least in the sense that they are exposed to so many edge cases that hindsight tends to show how "off" they can be. Concepts are necessary though. They drive capability analysis, requirements, and acquisition decision trade-offs. In most cases, the concept just needs to be directionally correct to deliver relevant warfighting capability to the field; from there, it is up to the operators to deploy capability effectively within the ever-shifting operational and tactical paradigms of the battlefield. One underlying issue the authors touch on is when concepts try to answer every operational and tactical question, they pose inherent risks to the warfighter on the ground. As the authors state, "Most concepts fall prey to this technological overconfidence, particularly in the field of communications. Assured connectivity in combat is central to nearly all multi-domain operations work. The United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Israel, Taiwan, and NATO all place some style of next-generation command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities at the core of their concept, assuming an assured availability of strong networks in the relatively near future. In reality, and despite a significant amount of attention in recent years, the level of assured connectivity upon which much multi-domain operations thought is predicated is far from realistic." Then they recommend, "stop trying to make war “not war” by being overly clever. New concepts cannot erase attrition from the battlefield or lift the fog of war. Attempts to do so are quixotic at best. Focus on concrete operational problems and build solutions from there." To the point above, I wholeheartedly agree and often fear over-reliance on concepts and "technological overconfidence" cede focus from the power of mission command, commander's intent, solid, realistic training, and trust in our warfighters' adaptability and ingenuity. For me personally, I always try to frame my work in the ADG market from the first principle question of "What is the warfighter (or intel analyst or government software developer or SETA employee, etc.) actually 'doing'?" In most cases, that question lifts the veil and cuts through the conceptual jargon of what might they do or what could they do if everything was perfect. This, in effect, helps me focus on the concrete operational problems a business is trying to help solve for the warfighter and hopefully help them at least do what they are actually doing, just better. https://lnkd.in/e482MANv

#SaveTheDate 11/02//23 GovCIO is bringing together federal and industry leaders at the Defense Technology Summit to discuss how IT modernization programs are restructuring the defense landscape. #DefenseTechSummit #GovCons #techcompanies #Govvies See you there!

Today’s 6-minute video Roland Cloutier will continue the discussion about AI defense. Here, we will focus on four critical areas of AI defense that you and your teams can engage in, including infrastructure defense, data defense, code defense, and red teaming.     New Era Technology

Last month, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks announced that the DoD Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office had delivered its initial version of their Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control (CJADC2) capability to the United States Department of Defense. This initial version combines software applications, data integration, and cross-domain operational concepts to provide decision advantage to warfighters. Much like our Joint Project Lead for CBRN Integration capabilities, CJADC2 aims to build a more modernized and digitally transformed U.S. military. Read more about this important announcement. ⬇️ #DigitalTransformation #ArmyDigitalOdyssey #Modernization #Integration #ArtificialIntelligence #CJADC2

OlSarge- breaking down CJADC2 for a new trooper Ah, listen up, kid! This CJADC2 thing is all about making it damn easier for different military services and countries to chat and work together. They're using fancy-schmancy AI and machine learning stuff to help 'em share info and make smarter decisions. Right now, it might be a pain in the rear to talk to other services or countries, but this CJADC2 thingamajig is gonna change that. It'll help everyone work together like a well-oiled machine and have each other's backs on the battlefield. So sit tight, kid, 'cause the future of military cooperation is lookin' mighty promising!

HOW CAN YOU KEEP EVERYONE IN THE LOOP? ➰💻 // Sharing #intelligence with soldiers deployed at the forward edge of the #battlespace can be difficult. Read our article on Defence Connect on how we work to ease the distribution of mission-critical data through the use of information gateways, data diodes, and more! https://hubs.ly/Q02nVF4L0 #Communications #C4ISR #DefenseTechnology

We should be thinking about Data as a class of supply. Like other supplies it needs to move through all levels of command from the the strategic to the tactical as quickly and efficiently as possible. Like armaments and munitions there are different data for different scenarios and the best outcomes will result when those different data can be combined and leveraged, across domains and levels of war, in real time, to exploit enemy weakness and gain decision advantage. The kind of experimentation that the US Army is doing with data at Project Convergence is just one example of how the United States Department of Defense led by the DoD Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office is working hard to get it right on #data Great work Project Convergence! Keep it up!