"As the Army continues to integrate advanced technologies ... traditional airspace management methods are being challenged by the growing scale, speed, and complexity of operations," the RFI says.
The multi-vendor contract for “Artificial Intelligence & Software at Pace” will divide $1 billion over 10 years into bite-sized, quick-turn task orders of $25 million or less.
Consolidate network monitoring, performance management, and fault isolation into a single, comprehensive solution.
The service started fielding the new TLS Manpack in August, but soldiers are already innovating, using the reconfigurable electronic warfare kit to identify incoming drones or scan wide areas from an aerostat.
“It’s like the Wild, Wild West when it comes to AI right now,” Linchpin product lead Bharat Patel told Breaking Defense. “We don’t want to be the government and be like, ‘Here’re our standards, you must comply.’”
Last year, PEO C3T and PEO IEW&S absorbed several programs from the PEO Enterprise Information Systems (EIS), in hopes of better orienting the land forces for the fights of the future.
The 350th Spectrum Warfare Wing is modeling a new approach to electronic warfare for all the services: Instead of traditional quarterly updates, the 350th can now update over 30 Air Force systems about new threats within three hours.
Brig. Gen. Ed Barker gave reporters a look ahead on his fiscal 2024, 2025 and 2026 priorities.
The service “will use Project Linchpin to develop and deploy trusted AI & ML capabilities to intelligence, cyber, and electronic warfare sensor systems,” Col. Chris Anderson, project manager for intelligence systems and analytics, said.
“I think our focus right now is we have to grow fast…And that’s done through good hiring actions…it’s also the retention of employees that we have," Christopher Green said. "I want to make sure we build a culture where people want to come to work everyday, they want to stay with us and they want to help us build our capabilities.”
Brig. Gen. Ed Barker said he’s outlined a 100-day plan as he takes over the Army's program executive office for intelligence, electronic warfare and sensors.
Michigan’s defense ecosystem and expertise makes it a special asset for production.
“I think across our entire portfolio, there are opportunities for us to simplify and deliver capabilities that allow for our units to have a more flexible network infrastructure,” Mark Kitz said.
No current contracts, awards, jobs or physical moves are being affected by the PEOs restructuring, an Army spokesman said, but the reorg aims to streamline technical capabilities.
Mark Kitz succeeds Maj. Gen. Anthony Potts, who led the office since June last year.
The way the historic PEO organizations were initially set up was “for a reason,” but now the Army is modernizing, and the shift is needed to support its unified network, Young Bang said.