{"id":16522,"date":"2018-04-24T15:37:05","date_gmt":"2018-04-24T15:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2018\/04\/24\/how-the-pentagon-can-better-leverage-commercial-tech\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:03:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:03:06","slug":"how-the-pentagon-can-better-leverage-commercial-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/intel-geoint\/2018\/04\/24\/how-the-pentagon-can-better-leverage-commercial-tech\/","title":{"rendered":"How the Pentagon can better leverage commercial tech"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Once the technology innovator that invented the internet and GPS, the Department of Defense is now almost solely reliant on leveraging advancements in the commercial sector, and one top official thinks the Pentagon needs to improve how it does so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat annoys me most is that we really haven\u2019t taken all the advantage we can of technology into the Defense Department,\u201d Joseph Kernan, the undersecretary of defense for intelligence, said during a keynote speech April 23 at the annual GEOINT symposium in Tampa, Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kernan noted that things are changing and top officials like Michael Griffin, the undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, are trying to drive down the acquisition process so it doesn\u2019t take so long to field capability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One example is Project Maven, the DoD\u2019s hallmark automation effort that seeks to accelerate the integration of big data and machine learning, first focusing on processing of full-motion video in Iraq and Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\t