It's envisioned to serve as the Pentagon's "digital environment of post-competition, readily awardable, technology solutions."

The CDAO is targeting October 1 for the full administrative alignment of personnel and resources.

Diane Staheli will help steer the Pentagon's implementation of policies, practices, standards and metrics for buying and building "trustworthy" AI.

Craig Martell joins DOD as its first chief digital and artificial intelligence officer from rideshare company Lyft.

Contracting will be critical as the Pentagon moves to integrate its AI capabilities.

The former Google CEO gave blunt criticisms about the DOD's continued struggle to innovate and become a software-driven entity.

He exits the Pentagon's Joint Artificial Intelligence Center but says he is leaving the door open for a possible return to government.

New education pilots from the JAIC are seeing large demand from across the DOD, its policy head said.

Chapa is a pilot with more than 1,400 flying hours and holds a PhD in philosophy from the University of Oxford.

Jane Pinelis will be the JAIC's new chief of "AI assurance" on a part-time basis.