Money is appropriated for artificial intelligence, quantum work and low-cost weapons
What the document says“$2,000,000,000 for the expansion of Defense Innovation Unit scaling of commercial technology for military use;”
Fourteen of the sums go to artificial intelligence, testing and production: $2,000,000,000 to expand Defense Innovation Unit scaling of commercial technology; $1,500,000,000 for low-cost cruise missiles; $124,000,000 for Test Resource Management Center artificial intelligence work, $250,000,000 for its digital test environment, $145,000,000 for artificial intelligence in one-way attack drones and naval systems, $250,000,000 for the artificial intelligence ecosystem and $250,000,000 for Cyber Command artificial intelligence; $250,000,000 for the Quantum Benchmarking Initiative; $1,000,000,000 for qualification activities and technical data management; $400,000,000 for the defense manufacturing technology program; $1,685,000,000 for cryptographic modernization; $90,000,000 for APEX Accelerators, the Mentor-Protege Program and cybersecurity support to small contractors; $250,000,000 for Air Force low-cost counter-air capabilities; and $10,000,000 for Air Force wargaming.
What the document actually says“$2,000,000,000 for the expansion of Defense Innovation Unit scaling of commercial technology for military use;”
One sum is $2 billion. It helps a defense unit scale up business tools. Those tools are then put to military use.
Other sums go to AI and testing. One covers secret code work worth $1.685 billion. Another buys low-cost cruise missiles.
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