DOD Moves Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office Under Research, Engineering Arm

Effective immediately, the Defense Department’s (DoD) Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) will report to the Under Secretary for Research and Engineering (USD(R&E)), a defense official confirmed to MeriTalk.

The realignment marks the Pentagon’s next step in an “AI-first” strategy aimed at unifying efforts to accelerate artificial intelligence and data modernization across the military.

“By aligning the CDAO under the USD(R&E), we create a powerful innovation engine that can deliver AI superiority from laboratory to battlefield,” the defense official said. “This realignment is the next step in making a uniform, AI-first push for the [DoD].”

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