How Can The DOD Adopt Commercial-Style Artificial Intelligence For Procurement

Abstract

The U.S. Department of Defense has issued a policy directing agencies to adopt artificial-intelligence capabilities to increase the speed and agility of operations. Despite this, there are no current initiatives to adopt artificial intelligence technologies into the Defense Acquisition System. This thesis examines the potential impact of artificial intelligence on DoD procurement. It studies organizations that have incorporated the technology in business practices, and on the basis of interviews with key personnel analyzes how well businesses have improved speed and agility. While the interviewees were not always clear about what artificial intelligence is, the technology could be helpful for procurement in market research, negotiations, insight, and contract management, among other ways.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2020
Accession Number
AD1114630

Entities

People

  • Kory D. Krebs

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Artificial Intelligence Software
  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Languages
  • Contracts
  • Government Procurement
  • Information Science
  • Information Systems
  • Machine Learning
  • Military Acquisition
  • National Security
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Personnel Management
  • Statistical Analysis

Readers

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - DoD AI Strategy