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Abstraction: Six DoD software acquisition principles enabling AI-driven military advantage

Key points:

Military competitive advantage now driven by software, data, and AI more than physical platforms; software-data-AI form a closed "digital triad" — all three must advance simultaneously
Six Acquisition Competency Targets for Software: (1) maintain a software factory/pipeline, (2) continuous authorization to operate, (3) own your APIs, (4) recruit digital talent, (5) outsource commodity capability to service-level agreements, (6) zero-trust security by design
Gantt chart project management suits industrial logistics but is unreliable for software integration; service-level indicators better measure software delivery
Zero-trust means breaking systems into defensible chunks so a breach triggers active response rather than total compromise
ChatGPT and Midjourney cited as proof that commercial AI breakthroughs are built on robust software foundations
Authors compare DoD opportunity to Amazon/Netflix/Uber leveraging software in legacy industries

Connections: Us Department Of Defense · Darpa · Software Acquisition · Devops · Zero Trust Security · AI Strategy