The Pentagon renamed Advana the War Data Platform and hired an integrator to build it, but a May Inspector General report suggests the harder problem, data governance, is still unowned.
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The Army’s Mobile Tactical Cannon: Why I Like Elbit’s Chances
The Army wants a new wheeled 155 to replace the M777, the award target is this month, and my money is on Elbit’s Team SIGMA. The case, and the honest counterweights.
Continue reading...The Drone Fight Is a Data Fight
The interceptor gets the headlines, but the data chain decides. Why the Pentagon’s biggest counter-UAS bets are software, what the Red Sea bill really says, and what the ranges keep teaching us.
Continue reading...AI at Wartime Speed: What Six Months of Pentagon Moves Mean for Fielding Real Capability
The Department of War just traded AI governance for AI velocity: new strategy, $58.5 billion requested, eight vendors on classified networks. My read on what it means for those of us who have to field it.
Continue reading...The Digital Engineering Ecosystem for Department of Defense Test and Evaluation
How the DoD’s shift to digital engineering is reshaping test and evaluation, and what it takes to make the ecosystem actually work.
Continue reading...Videos of What I Did in the Past
Field footage from my testing career: WTI exercises, NLOS-C live fires, and more from the ranges.
Continue reading...Generative AI with Multimodal Knowledge in the Defense Industry
How generative AI with multimodal knowledge is changing the defense sector, from intelligence analysis to logistics and sustainment.
Continue reading...Joe “Smokey” Foss: An American Hero’s Journey
In the pantheon of American military heroes, few figures stand as tall as Joseph Jacob “Smokey” Foss. A Marine Corps fighter ace, Medal of Honor recipient,...
Continue reading...U.S. Army Global Force Symposium and Exposition
Highlights from the U.S. Army Global Force Symposium: driving continuous transformation for ready combat formations.
Continue reading...Terrible Terry: The Most Badass General America Forgot
The unfiltered story of Major General Terry de la Mesa Allen, one of the toughest and most forgotten commanders America ever produced.
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