Experts on Navy Efforts to Support AI With Unified Data Ecosystem
Artificial intelligence has piqued the interest of the U.S. military services, and the Department of the Navy has sharpened its focus on AI technologies in recent years. These tools offer the department increased efficiency and elevated decision making capabilities, but disconnected, dated systems have presented a number of challenges.
One of these issues is the lack of a unified data ecosystem, something that is necessary for AI systems to function effectively.
During a panel discussion at the Potomac Officers Club’s 2024 Navy Summit last week, Robert Keisler, director of data science and AI (5.6) for the Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic, said getting to a point where the Navy can streamline its many systems is not only a technology challenge, but an issue with dated policies that can prevent data sharing.
“You have investments in current architecture. You have investments in current storage locations or current avenues where you are storing that, that data fabric and creating that data fabric. And that’s for the ‘now,'” noted Col. Juliet Calvin, chief of staff of Joint Staff J-6, chief statistics, analytics and AI for the U.S. Marine Corps.