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Acquisition & Logistics Excellence Acquisition & Logistics Excellence Kymeta and Microsoft team up to bring always-connected mobility to first response and military users. Microsoft/Kymeta photo Microsoft Tactical Vehicle Takes Center Stage at Information Technology Hyper Convergence – Hybrid Cloud NSWC Dahlgren Innovation Day Team at Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Dahlgren NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER (NSWC) DAHLGREN DIVISION Division, after the Nov. 8 event. “We saw demonstrations PUBLIC AFFAIRS (DEC. 3, 2019) that involved artificial intelligence, machine learning, sen- John Joyce sors, quantum-based computing, cloud-native technologies, KING GEORGE, Va.—U.S. Navy scientists and engineers automation, blockchain, and other advanced capabilities that gathered to watch MTV, but rather than music videos, they will have a dramatic impact on our development of innovative saw quantum-based computing, virtual reality, and DeepCam solutions for the fleet.” image recognition among a host of technological solutions emanating from the cloud. Martin and dozens of NSWC technologists were especially intrigued with a demonstration of the Microsoft Tactical Ve- The MTV they witnessed – an SUV jam-packed with new hicle featuring augmented and virtual reality for advanced technological capabilities, sensors, onboard computing, and mission planning to support the future Navy and tomorrow’s a myriad of potential applications – is better known as the warfighters. Microsoft Tactical Vehicle. “We were briefed on simple image recognition all the way to “The Naval Warfare Centers are working closely with our in- complex scenarios where multi-modal inputs led to actionable dustry partners, including Microsoft, to solve problems and results from complex data sets,” said Martin regarding tech- increase fleet readiness while strengthening the current and nologies demonstrated by the MTV spanning cloud solutions future Navy,” said Laura Martin, program manager for the from the home front to the tactical edge. DEFENSEACQUISITION | March-April 2020 | 1 Acquisition & Logistics Excellence As Microsoft technical specialist Jim Ford described the The general purpose cloud, which incorporates the JEDI foun- MTV’s tactical edge computing devices that delivers advanced dational structure, will provide DoD with a commercial en- analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to the tacti- terprise cloud environment for the majority of systems and cal edge, the Navy civilians envisioned how they could apply applications. According to DoD’s Cloud Strategy, “this general- these capabilities to design, build, and deliver innovative solu- purpose cloud will allow the department to take advantage of tions to the warfighter. economies of scale, broadly provide common core services, and ensure information superiority through data aggregation More than 150 technical experts from NSWC Dahlgren Divi- and analysis.” sion, NSWC Philadelphia Division, and NSWC Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division attended Multiple fit-for-purpose commercial cloud or on-premises the event, called Dahlgren Innovation Day, for technology cloud solutions – providing functionality through a subscrip- demonstrations and talks with Microsoft Corporation, Nov. 8. tion or software as a service capability – will serve the mission partner if the general-purpose cloud cannot accommodate a Microsoft experts discussed their technologies, including De- unique requirement. vOps, artificial intelligence, machine learning, as well as Azure and computing at the tactical edge. “In today’s world, our adversaries are working to develop new capabilities that leverage the advantages of cloud,” states the Mark Bolz – principal engineering architect for Microsoft’s Cloud Strategy document released by the Defense Depart- Azure Data – explained Azure in his Dahlgren Innovation key- ment in 2018. “Therefore, we must ensure, that as we mi- note speech, entitled, “Adaptive and Aligned systems … so grate and become more dependent on the cloud, that we are easy a tanker can do it”. Microsoft defines Azure as a growing organically growing our cloud technical skills to outpace our collection of cloud services for building, deploying, and manag- adversaries.” ing intelligent applications through a global network. By engaging a multi-vendor, multi-cloud environment strategy, Bolz pointed out that Azure Hybrid is capable of providing the Navy Warfare Centers are turning away from hardware- innovation anywhere. The ability to use Azure Stack with In- intensive infrastructures that create difficulties in maintaining tegrated systems – along with Azure Arc connecting any data equipment and lack the flexibilities needed to assimilate the center in any Cloud to any Edge device – provides the ability information required by senior leadership. to organize and govern across environments. The Dahlgren Innovation Day briefers focused on how the “Utilizing the capabilities provided with a hybrid cloud solu- cloud, AI, machine learning (ML), and cognitive services could tion can provide the digital transformation changes that will impact the battlespace. Topics included the new Microsoft, AI, enhance the Navy Warfare Center’s ability to create, test, and ML, and AI-oriented architecture. deploy capabilities to the fleet in an abbreviated time schedule not seen in today’s environment,” said Wally Reed, co-lead for “The Navy and Microsoft briefs and demonstrations at Dahl- the NSWCDD Information Technology Hyper Convergence – gren Innovation Day enabled NSWC scientists and engineers Hybrid Cloud Team. to see and understand new technologies and tools available for engineering systems to meet mission requirements,” The Microsoft speakers and its Tactical Vehicle technology said Glenn Jones, Activity Command Information officer at demonstration came to Dahlgren Innovation Day on the heels NSWCDD. of the Defense Department’s announcement in October that Microsoft was chosen as the winner of DoD’s Joint Enterprise Frank Hesson – Microsoft’s Azure data and AI solutions spe- Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) Cloud contract with a total con- cialist for the Navy and Marine Corps – briefed his Navy War- tract ceiling of $10 billion. fare Center audience on ‘Intelligent Edge’ with Azure Stack and Databox Edge. Intelligent Edge – a continually expanding The JEDI solicitation and Dahlgren Innovation Day reflect the set of connected systems and devices that gather and analyze unique and critical needs of DoD and the Navy, which operates data— is a Microsoft AI-enabled edge computing device with on a global scale and in austere, disconnected environments. It network data transfer capabilities. Intelligent edge provides is important for a warfighter in Afghanistan to access the same the compute power and intelligence of Azure that can be used information as an analyst in Washington, D.C., a service mem- for rapid machine learning inferencing at the edge and prepro- ber training in California, or a Sailor deployed aboard a warship. cessing data before sending it to Azure. 2 | March-Aprl 2020 | DEFENSEACQUISITION Acquisition & Logistics Excellence In his demonstration, Hesson showed Navy scientists and In a ceremony held on Nov. 21 at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., engineers how they can use Intelligent Edge to organize and and presided over by Dr. Richard Joseph, Chief Scientist of the enable data mining on any captured formats to extract per- Air Force, Johnson was presented a trophy and a certificate tinent data. signed by the Acting Secretary of the Air Force Matthew P. Don- ovan and the Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. David Goldfein. Microsoft Cognitive Services in containers, including plug and play AI, was a featured discussion. There was also an AI/ML “Dr. Johnson is most deserving of this recognition,” said Jo- demonstration and presentations focusing on SecureDevOps, seph. “I was particularly struck by the leadership he brought Microservices, mixed and virtual reality, and cyber security. to his team – great leaders magnify the work of a team and for that reason alone Dr. Johnson deserves this award.” Robert Freeman – Microsoft’s Git Hub expert spoke to the au- dience about SecDevOps in a brief entitled, “Transforming how AFRL Commander Maj. Gen. William Cooley made the an- the Mission builds Secure Software.” GitHub – which brings nouncement to his workforce in an e-mail announcement on together a large community of developers to discover, share, Nov. 14. and build better software – is the leader of enterprise and open source development. Freeman explained how Secure DevOps “Dr. Johnson is leading the way for our Air Force with cutting makes security principles and practices an integral part of De- edge research and is an example to scientists and engineers vOps while maintaining improved efficiency and productivity. across the lab,” said Cooley. “Dr. Johnson was selected for DevOps is a set of practices that combines software devel- this prestigious award for outstanding contributions includ- opment (Dev) and information-technology operations (Ops), ing identifying a breakthrough in physics that enables high- which aims to shorten the systems development life cycle and resolution ground to space imaging. His contributions provide provide continuous delivery with high software quality. optical space situational awareness techniques found nowhere else. This breakthrough has provided the U.S. military with a “The future DoD cloud workforce must grow organic technical decisive advantage in space surveillance.” capabilities by building a more
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