Pentagon Inspector General Outlines 83 Planned Projects, Including Evaluation of Space Defense and Project Maven

The Pentagon Inspector General (IG) has outlined 83 projects–54 audits and 29 evaluations–that it plans to undertake in fiscal 2024.

Among the projects are a DoD/National Reconnaissance Office space defense evaluation categorized as classified; a DoD/Department of State joint audit on whether Foreign Military Financing for Ukraine complied with federal guidelines; an evaluation to determine whether the DoD “developed and implemented standardized data interfaces, the physical data transport layer, and data security practices in support of the Joint All‑Domain Command and Control strategy implementation plan”; and an evaluation of “whether the National Geospatial‑Intelligence Agency (NGA) effectively and efficiently integrated Project Maven’s artificial intelligence [AI] program into NGA’s geospatial‑intelligence operations.”

NGA said in November that Project Maven had become a program of record under the agency’s direction (Defense Daily, Nov. 2, 2023).

“NGA Maven will leverage the Software Acquisition Pathway to accelerate, deliver, and sustain geospatial artificial intelligence capability maturation,” the agency said in November. “The designation of NGA Maven as a program of record follows a nine-month intensive period of requirements development, documentation, and approvals, which is equivalent to more than two years of effort. With NGA Maven, the agency has taken deliberate steps to ensure that the integration of AI into workflows will continue to accelerate operations and speed-to-decision for combatant commanders. As a program, NGA Maven will benefit maritime domain awareness, target management and NGA’s ability to automatically search and detect objects of interest.”