Enterprise Platform and Capabilities Software Pilot Program

This program funds capabilities and activities to make disparate DoW datasets more widely accessible, understandable, interoperable, and actionable across the Department of War (DoW) enterprise by providing the government-owned, contractor operated enterprise data stack, analytic tools, and data engineering expertise to improve DoW decision making across multiple functional areas and organization levels. This includes speeding data access, increasing the number of data sources, improving data quality and driving enablement across the DoW workforce to effectively leverage the data and analytic capabilities provided through War Data Platform.

he Business & Mission Analytics project enables DoW organizations to better leverage data, analytics, and artificial intelligence capabilities to improve decision making in multiple functional and cross-functional areas. Through the delivery of enterprise capabilities, services, and best practices, we empower business and warfighting operators to leverage data to achieve decision advantage. Funding continues to sustain existing products that supports customers across the Department, including: the Joint Staff, Combatant Commands, OSW Principal Staff Assistants, and cross-service efforts. This is comprised of 4 major areas: (1) The War Data Platform Program Office manages our centralized budget, (2) Support acquisition management, (3) Program considerations and documentation, (4) Contracts management and agile management. Product teams provide centralized customer support, data discovery, user onboarding, drive accountability of product and technical roadmaps via increment planning and WDP metrics, provide platform access, training and enablement for the entire user base and upskill the workforce in accessing and using WDP’s data and AI capabilities. Principal Staff Assistant (PSA) Support is an enabler to ensure seamless integration of data and automation products into decision-making capability. They include support for data scientists, data engineers and data product support for tools to design and build high-quality products for executive customers with enterprise-level impact. It enables CDAO to support new and existing customers by enhancing our operating model and business practices to deliver high quality data products to any tool, application or environment across the Department, thereby driving enterprise scaling that is platform and tool agnostic. The Combatant Command Embedded Support (CES) portfolio is an enabler of operational success and national security objectives, directly supporting the Department of War’s (DoW) ability to execute strategic operations, maintain regional stability, and adapt to dynamic global challenges. By providing centralized management of contracting digital talent labor embedded across all Combatant Commands, this portfolio ensures seamless integration of data capabilities into mission-critical processes on both the War Data Platform, Maven Smart System and other platforms as required for mission success.

The Secure Unclassified Network (SUNet) provides critical infrastructure for fast-moving AI development missions, Interagency Task Force groups, and experimental DoW missions that cannot be met by other existing capabilities. SUNet is the Department’s only one off Department of Defense Information Network (DODIN), Government-owned (GOTS) network and compute platform that is authorized to support data and missions up to the CUI level. SUNet adheres to DoW Risk Management Framework standards and is accessible anywhere in the world with internet. The platform acts as a sandbox and provides segmented, customizable areas of compute and storage for DoW and mission partners to rapidly onboard, collaborate, develop, and validate cutting edge commercial software and tools. Mission owners across the Department rely on SUNet’s flexible and accessible infrastructure to achieve their AI/ML missions and maintain operational advantage.

The Analysis Working Group (AWG) assists the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of War in guiding the analytic community to ensure analysis products are robust and of the highest quality. The end goal is an analytic enterprise that is agile, responsive, and provides sound decision support for the Secretary and Deputy Secretary. Funding for this project supports analytic research across the Department to guide reform of the Department’s analytic enterprise. Projects that support this effort help develop a high performing and innovative analytic enterprise with the right policies, structures, people, and tools to support timely strategic decisions that create an advantage for the U.S Military now and into the future.