🔎 Defense Tech Signal — Thursday

• The Pentagon is seeking an “evaluation harness” to continuously test and validate AI models before deployment, signaling a shift toward standardized AI assurance infrastructure across DoD and the IC.
• The Defense Health Agency launched a five-year data and innovation strategy to build new decision-support tools aimed at improving warfighter readiness through enterprise data modernization.
• Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket returned to flight after a 10-month hiatus with a technology demonstration mission, reinforcing resilience and competition in the responsive small-launch market.

Sources:

1) DefenseScoop — https://defensescoop.com/2026/03/11/ai-system-testing-dod-intelligence-agencies/
2) DVIDS — https://www.dvidshub.net/news/560291/data-and-innovation-strategy-launched-improve-warfighter-readiness
3) SpaceNews — https://spacenews.com/firefly-alpha-returns-to-flight/

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