“Co-creation” boosts commercial technology for dual-use defense applications
Advana is an example – a mission-aligned data platform that integrates commercial innovation and defense-grade engineering.
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Out of ‘prototype mode’: Officials aim to determine Advana’s next moves by mid-June
Having grown to 100,000 users worldwide, the Pentagon’s favorite big-data analytics system now needs the legal authorities and budgetary stability of a formal Program Of Record, officials told Breaking Defense in an exclusive interview.
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Experts warn Pentagon to embrace software-defined warfare to counter China’s military advantage
“China's outproducing us in ships, munitions and other systems,” Peter Modigliani, one of the authors of the report said. “So that's where software is going to be the differentiator.
EXCLUSIVE: Pentagon memo lays out push for Advana to become formal program of record
The memo was signed on March 13 by Steven Morani, the acting assistant secretary of defense for sustainment.
Pentagon CDAO seeks industry input on protecting IP: ‘We’re really open to feedback’
As her signature “Open DAGIR” initiative seeks to bring in smaller, innovative software firms, “we’ve got to be a lot more explicit” in contracting language to protect their intellectual property and data rights, said Chief Digital & AI Officer Radha Plumb.
CDAO opens big door for small biz with $15 billion, 10-year Advana recompete
“You don’t have to do everything,” said Bonnie Evangelista, deputy chief digital & AI officer for acquisition. “If you do a single piece and you do it really well, you can have a contract.”
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Advana and harvesting the value of defense data
Elaine McCusker of AEI in this op-ed discusses how the Combatant Commands are using Advana to their advantage.
CDAO opens Advana analytics to multiple vendors in a push to scale up
With Advana, "we’re kind of victims of our own success,” a senior defense official told Breaking Defense in an exclusive interview, meaning changes have to be made to "get to sufficient scale."