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Notes, memos, and papers on defense technology, software modernization, AI governance, and mission systems.

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The Agentic Information Enterprise: A DoW CIO Operating Concept for Governed Workforce Creation

A DoW CIO operating concept for assigning, supervising, assuring, measuring, and scaling governed non-person agent capacity across the DoD Information Enterprise.

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Aug 21, 2026
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Digital Engineering Is Not a Department

Digital engineering creates value when digital threads, authoritative evidence, software delivery, acquisition choices, and operational feedback change mission decisions.

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Jul 31, 2026
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The Missing Operating System for Defense Growth

A model for connecting mission sensing, program immersion, solution shaping, capture, transition, delivery evidence, learning, and portfolio scale.

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Jul 30, 2026
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Technology Insertion Is a Management System, Not a Demo Day

An argument for treating technology insertion as a governed transition system with mission ownership, evidence, acquisition paths, integration constraints, feedback, and scale or stop decisions.

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Jul 30, 2026
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CVEAgentNet and the Next Control Plane for Vulnerability Management

A short note on agentic vulnerability collaboration, continuous assurance, and why the next frontier is connecting enriched security intelligence to bounded action and verification.

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Apr 29, 2026
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The Next AI Bottleneck Is Delegated Authority

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NIST is starting to standardize it. DARPA is starting to research it. Defense acquisition is starting to buy for it. The missing layer is the control plane.

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Apr 18, 2026
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Continuous Assurance Fabric Reference Architecture (CAF-RA)

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A reference architecture for governed, scalable continuous assurance at mission tempo, with policy-governed swarm adjudication, replayable evidence, and enforced remediation closure.

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Feb 23, 2026
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Don't Put Frontier AI Under ITAR: A Blunt Instrument for a Dual-Use Reality

A policy memo arguing against sweeping ITAR treatment for frontier AI and proposing a targeted control framework centered on dual-use export controls, defense-unique controls, and enforceable operational provenance.

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Feb 17, 2026
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Stand Up Delegated Autonomy Directorate (DAD) as a Joint Control Plane Authority

Decision memo recommending immediate standup of a Delegated Autonomy Directorate (DAD) as a joint authority to accelerate trusted delegated autonomy at mission tempo.

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Feb 12, 2026
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Agent Control Plane Reference Architecture (ACP-RA)

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A reference architecture for governed, scalable agentic autonomy—single agents and swarms—aligned to DoD CIO patterns (Zero Trust, ICAM, CNAP, DevSecOps, cATO) and designed for contested/degraded operations.

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Feb 10, 2026
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Notes: Research that shaped ACP-RA (agent security, tool use, evaluation)

Reading notes on prompt injection, tool-use at scale, and execution-based evaluation that drove ACP-RA design choices (gateways, envelopes, evidence, anti-replay, and upgrade discipline).

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Feb 9, 2026
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From AI Force Multiplication to Force Creation

A white paper on agentic autonomy, trust scopes, and strategic imperatives for defense.

Jan 1, 2026
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From PDFs to Pull Requests

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Code-as-Policy: transforming Department of Defense policy workflows with DevSecOps, version control, and continuous verification.

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Jan 25, 2025