{"id":37831,"date":"2021-04-15T19:06:12","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T19:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2021\/04\/15\/pentagon-ai-office-wants-to-match-software-projects-with-best-cloud-environment\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:25:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:25:11","slug":"pentagon-ai-office-wants-to-match-software-projects-with-best-cloud-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/pentagon\/2021\/04\/15\/pentagon-ai-office-wants-to-match-software-projects-with-best-cloud-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon AI office wants to match software projects with best cloud environment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pentagon\u2019s top artificial intelligence office is developing a plan to weave together the department\u2019s cloud-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/it-networks\/2021\/02\/16\/pentagon-acting-cio-pushes-on-with-cybersecurity-software-development\/\" target=_blank>software development platforms<\/a> to connect AI projects with cloud environments that fit each venture\u2019s data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Across the Defense Department, services and components use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/govcon\/contracting\/2019\/10\/30\/so-what-problems-does-jedi-solve-really\/\" target=_blank>disparate cloud <\/a>and software development <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/it-networks\/2019\/01\/14\/how-the-air-forces-new-software-team-is-proving-its-worth\/\" target=_blank>platforms <\/a>that could be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/artificial-intelligence\/2020\/08\/25\/pentagon-ai-hub-looks-to-be-the-worlds-best-software-company\/\" target=_blank>useful to other components<\/a>. The Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, tasked with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/artificial-intelligence\/2020\/11\/06\/pentagons-artificial-intelligence-hub-shifts-its-approach-to-now-seek-out-problems\/\" target=_blank>accelerating AI adoption<\/a> at the DoD, wants to link those environments so people across the Pentagon working on AI projects can find the best cloud for their workloads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The JAIC\u2019s emerging idea would help connect stovepiped organizations through what the office is calling a joint common fabric of development environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The JAIC wants to \u201cbecome the sort of player that pulls everyone together to enable more of a federation-based approach or a fabric-based approach so that workloads \u2026 can find a home in the right place,\u201d Nand Mulchandani, chief technology officer of the JAIC, said in an interview. \u201cOr workloads can actually migrate from one cloud to another as needed, and that people have a common identity across these different clouds so that it\u2019s not a clunky confederation of stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The problem now, he said, is that components have potential AI workloads that they don\u2019t have the capacity to handle, and there\u2019s no department mechanism to connect those workloads with other clouds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCurrently, the answer is no vacancy, I can\u2019t accommodate you,\u201d Mulchandani said. \u201cWell, the fabric idea all of a sudden now says, \u2018Hey, you know what? I will now recommend to you the best cloud for the workload and type you have.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The JAIC, established just over two years ago, understands the value of creating an enterprise cloud fabric based on its own experience developing artificial intelligence uses. Mulchandani highlighted a business operations AI project that used the DoD Comptroller\u2019s AVANA cloud, while the JAIC\u2019s Smart Sensor project to detect objects at the tactical edge uses a different cloud called SUNet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The difference between the two \u2014 a business systems cloud and a war-fighting cloud \u2014underscores how various programs have differing cloud needs, and how the JAIC can play a central role in connecting projects with proper clouds. The projects, Mulchandani said, have \u201cdifferent security needs, different data types, different labeling requirements, different GPU [graphics processing unit] compute requirements.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The JAIC team working on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/artificial-intelligence\/2020\/08\/12\/deloitte-wins-106-million-contract-with-the-pentagons-ai-hub\/\" target=_blank>Joint Common Foundation<\/a>, an enterprise platform of AI development tools, has shouldered part of the development of the enterprise cloud fabric.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSo as we build our Joint Common Foundation, we\u2019re thinking about this joint common fabric,\u201d JAIC Director Lt. Gen. Michael Groen said during a recent webinar. \u201cSo how do you stitch these development and operational environments together so that you can actually share data readily, you know, from an Army sensor into an Air Force system? So we\u2019re expanding our approach as we start to flesh out our DevSecOps environment across the department.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DevSecOps, an incremental software development technique, differs from other delivery options in which software is delivered all at once. The approach saves money because developers to fix issues as they build and rollout software incrementally, rather than making costly fixes after a finished product is delivered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not only would directing users toward the right cloud development environment ensure that data is stored in fitting environments, it also would trim costs by eliminating duplicative development efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mulchandani described the fabric concept as an \u201cemerging concept over pizza and beer.\u201d The AI hub is discussing the idea with components across the department. In those conversations, the center has found that there is \u201cincredible, strong willingness\u201d to work together, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat everyone realizes is that they specialize in certain things that they do well, but they don\u2019t do everything. Nobody has the budget or the capability to cater to every developer type,\u201d Mulchandani said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The next step to connect the cloud software environments is outlining the basic processes that the JAIC can standardize to make moving projects and information between clouds easier. That includes standardizing security and identity requirements, Mulchandani said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of those ongoing efforts is work with the Air Force on Cloud One and Platform One, the service\u2019s enterprise cloud and its DevSecOps software development platform, respectively. 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