Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (Pentagon Chief Technology Officer)
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Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (Pentagon Chief Technology Officer) - Leading technical negotiations with AI companies
Anthropic's Claude became the first commercial artificial intelligence model deployed on classified United States military networks in late 2024. Sixteen months later, the Department of Defense is threatening to label the company a "supply chain risk"—a designation normally reserved for foreign adversaries like China and Russia—because Anthropic refuses to let the military use Claude for mass surveillance of Americans or fully autonomous weapons. The standoff has escalated from a contract negotiation into something larger: the first direct confrontation between an AI company's safety commitments and the federal government's demand for unrestricted access.
Updated 4 days ago
Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering - Leading technical implementation of drone programs
The Pentagon spent $398 million on small drones in 2022. Four years later, as Ukraine demonstrated that $400 drones could destroy $10 million tanks, Congress authorized $1.7 billion—a fourfold increase. Now the Department of Defense has launched its most ambitious small-drone initiative ever: a $1.1 billion program to field more than 300,000 one-way attack drones by 2028, with the first 30,000 expected by mid-2026.
Updated Feb 4
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