"We're not going to change bureaucracy as a whole," CDAO Craig Martell said. "We need to find the right gaps, the right places where we can leverage value and then that value is going to drive a virtuous cycle of change."
“What I worry about… for this individual is whether they are going to get enough support from the government and from the center of DoD to actually make changes that are needed," said Google's Andrew Moore.
The Pentagon wants at least $70 million for its Rapid Defense Experimentation Reserve and $76.79 million for its Artificial Intelligence and Data Accelerator, budget documents show.
The funding aligns with the Defense Department’s AI efforts, notably the AI and Data Acceleration initiative announced last year by Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks.