Colin Demarest

Colin Demarest is a reporter at C4ISRNET, where he covers military networks, cyber and IT. Colin previously covered the Department of Energy and its National Nuclear Security Administration — namely Cold War cleanup and nuclear weapons development — for a daily newspaper in South Carolina. Colin is also an award-winning photographer.

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Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer Craig Martell walks across the stage at the Data and AI Symposium in Washington, D.C., during a Feb. 20, 2024, keynote speech.

Pentagon AI office must ‘cannibalize’ to keep operating, Martell says

The U.S. Department of Defense sought $1.8 billion for artificial intelligence and machine learning in fiscal 2024.

9 days ago

Members of a band from the People's Liberation Army leave following a speech by Chinese President Xi Jinping after the closing session of the National People's Congress at The Great Hall Of The People on March 20, 2018.

Pentagon’s CJADC2 milestone is signal to China, officials say

The Pentagon's connectivity campaign comes as China pursues its own version — or a countermeasure — known as Multi-Domain Precision Warfare.

10 days ago

Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks, seen Feb. 21, 2024, during a speech at an artificial intelligence conference in Washington, D.C.

Pentagon achieves ‘minimum viable’ version of CJADC2, Hicks says

The CJADC2 progress is an outgrowth of the Global Information Dominance experiments led by the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Robert Cooch delivers attack coordinates to B-52 bomber pilots during Exercise Dragon Strike in June 2015 at Avon Park Air Force Range, Florida.

Northrop ‘combat edge’ software connects troops without cloud

The software is constructed to cooperate with different waveforms and networks, a Northrop Grumman executive said, and plays well with existing equipment.

Scale AI to evaluate large language models for Pentagon

Scale AI's chief executive, Alexandr Wang, last year told Congress that “outdated data-retention and -management policies” were hamstringing the Pentagon.

The USS Chosin slips through the San Diego Bay, near the bridge to Coronado, on Feb. 15, 2024, following a modernization period.

West 2024: A roundup of news and military tech in San Diego

From Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro issuing a frank warning to industry to lessons learned from Houthi engagements, here’s what you may have missed.

The sights of West 2024

Some of the world's largest defense contractors as well as U.S. Navy and Marine Corps leadership converged on the San Diego Convention Center in mid-February for the annual West naval conference. Here's what it looked like.

U.S. Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro speaks Feb. 15, 2024, at the West conference in San Diego.

Del Toro asks Navy contractors to consider taxpayers over shareholders

Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro said he needs companies to deliver their weapons, warships, aircraft and more on time and on budget and without excuses.

More Navy ships get Overmatch networking following Carl Vinson tests

U.S. Navy officials have in the past said Project Overmatch’s rollout would first concentrate on the Indo-Pacific.

Members of the Yemeni Coast Guard, affiliated with the Houthi group, patrol the sea as demonstrators march through the Red Sea port city of Hodeida on Jan. 4, 2024.

Houthi rebels present little threat to undersea cables, US admiral says

The undersea menacing coincides with one-way drone and missile attacks on U.S. forces across the Greater Middle East.

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Pentagon AI office must ‘cannibalize’ to keep operating, Martell says

The U.S. Department of Defense sought $1.8 billion for artificial intelligence and machine learning in fiscal 2024.

Pentagon’s CJADC2 milestone is signal to China, officials say

The Pentagon's connectivity campaign comes as China pursues its own version — or a countermeasure — known as Multi-Domain Precision Warfare.

Pentagon achieves ‘minimum viable’ version of CJADC2, Hicks says

The CJADC2 progress is an outgrowth of the Global Information Dominance experiments led by the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office.

Northrop ‘combat edge’ software connects troops without cloud

The software is constructed to cooperate with different waveforms and networks, a Northrop Grumman executive said, and plays well with existing equipment.

Scale AI to evaluate large language models for Pentagon

Scale AI's chief executive, Alexandr Wang, last year told Congress that “outdated data-retention and -management policies” were hamstringing the Pentagon.

West 2024: A roundup of news and military tech in San Diego

From Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro issuing a frank warning to industry to lessons learned from Houthi engagements, here’s what you may have missed.

The sights of West 2024

Some of the world's largest defense contractors as well as U.S. Navy and Marine Corps leadership converged on the San Diego Convention Center in mid-February for the annual West naval conference. Here's what it looked like.

Del Toro asks Navy contractors to consider taxpayers over shareholders

Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro said he needs companies to deliver their weapons, warships, aircraft and more on time and on budget and without excuses.

More Navy ships get Overmatch networking following Carl Vinson tests

U.S. Navy officials have in the past said Project Overmatch’s rollout would first concentrate on the Indo-Pacific.

Houthi rebels present little threat to undersea cables, US admiral says

The undersea menacing coincides with one-way drone and missile attacks on U.S. forces across the Greater Middle East.

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