The Pentagon\u2019s Chief Data and AI Office has launched a new series of experiments focused on improving data integration to allow operators to take better advantage of new command-and-control capabilities.<\/p>\n
The office runs a regular experimentation event every 90 days called the\u00a0Global Information Dominance Experiment<\/a>, or GIDE, which is focused on taking capabilities designed to connect forces across domains and test them in an operational context. The events have been credited for helping the Defense Department turn a long-abstract concept called\u00a0Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control<\/a>\u00a0into capabilities the military is now using in the field.<\/p>\n Sheppard said that while larger GIDEs function more as operational test demonstrations, the smaller events explore how the team can get after more discrete technical or systems integration issues that need to be resolved before conducting the larger experiments.<\/p>\n That could involve integrating a sensor\u2019s data feeds or creating a path to pull readiness data from a platform, she said during a Hudson Institute event Monday in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n When CDAO started running GIDE exercises a few years ago, she said, it was \u201ca big surprise\u201d to the Defense Department, which has traditionally focused on delivering complex new systems that take years to develop, rather than providing regular capability updates on shorter timelines.<\/p>\n