Aerospace & Defense Electronics

WASHINGTON -- The Department of War launched "Agent Network," the second Pace-Setting Project (PSP 2) and an element of the Department's new Artificial Intelligence (AI) Acceleration Strategy.

Led by the Department's Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office, in partnership with U.S. Pacific Command, U.S. Southern Command, and U.S. European Command, the Agent Network employs AI-enabled tools to compress the time it takes to turn intelligence into informed options for commanders around the world. The new capability will be applied to battle management, decision support, and targeting.

Agent Network will significantly decrease the time it takes to identify a critical development and act. Agent Network does not autonomously select or strike targets; it ensures commanders remain in charge of every decision.

PSP 2 builds on foundational Command and Control innovation by Palantir Technologies, which underpins the Department's Maven Smart System program, and Lumbra, which is led by veteran warfighters and intelligence professionals to implement AI orchestration technology operational on U.S. Government systems.

Throughout development and fielding, Agent Network will be subject to testing, operational evaluation and oversight while upholding U.S. legal and ethical obligations.

Source: U.S. Department of Defense
Associated URL: https://www.war.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/4526862/dow-unleashes-agent-network-to-transform-ai-enabled-battle-management-and-targe/

WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration reportedly requested that OpenAI stagger the release of its new artificial intelligence (AI) model, GPT-5.6.

The purpose of the request is for the U.S. government to vet early users of the new model.

According to reports, OpenAI plans to provide access to GPT-5.6 at first to roughly 24 partners prior to a broader deployment.

The overriding concern for the government's request reportedly turns on the offensive cyber capabilities of new AI models like GPT-5.6 to exploit vulnerabilities in critical industries and leak information to adversarial nations such as China.

The request was made by the U.S. Treasury Department, the Commerce Department, and the White House’s Office of the National Cyber Director and Office of Science and Technology Policy.

Source: Financial Times
Associated URL: https://www.ft.com/content/0580e5c9-75b8-4cc5-803d-fbb4e82bb3ad?syn-25a6b1a6=1

WASHINGTON - Lockheed Martin Corp., Orlando, Florida, was awarded an undefinitized contract action with a not-to-exceed of $66.7 million for the AH-64 Apache Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (MTADS/PNVS) performance-based logistics program, including all obsolescence, replacement configurations, and redesigns found only on the AH-64 Apache Attack Helicopter, as well as peculiar ground support equipment in active use by the military in support of the MTADS/PNVS system. The total cumulative face value of the contract is $382 million.

Work will be performed in Orlando, Florida, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2026. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-26-C-0006).

Source: U.S. Army
Associated URL: http://www.defense.gov