AI for the Warfighter: Acquisition Challenges and Guidance

On November 7, the Department of War released an acquisition transformation strategy that seeks to remove bureaucratic hurdles and streamline acquisition processes to enable even more rapid adoption of technologies, including artificial intelligence. Getting AI into the hands of warfighters requires disciplined AI Engineering. In this podcast from the Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute, Carol Smith, lead of human-centered research in the SEI's AI Division, and Brigid O'Hearn, the SEI's lead of software modernization policy for the Department of War, sit down with Eileen Wrubel, the SEI's technical director of Transforming Software Acquisition Policy and Practice, to discuss AI Engineering challenges and guidance in the defense acquisition space.

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AI for the Warfighter: Acquisition Challenges and Guidance is an episode from Software Engineering Institute (SEI) Podcast Series by Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute.

This episode is 24:48 long.

This episode was published on Jan 29, 2026.

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