# Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office **Aliases:** CDAO **Entity class:** Department of Defense principal digital, data, analytics, and AI office ## Definition The **Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO)** is the Department of Defense organization responsible for accelerating adoption of data, analytics, and artificial intelligence and for integrating major digital initiatives across the Department. ## Relationships - **leads:** [[wiki/Open DAGIR|Open DAGIR]]. - **co-governs:** [[wiki/War Data Platform|War Data Platform]] and the transformation of [[wiki/Advana|Advana]]. - **supports:** [[wiki/CJADC2|CJADC2]] and combatant-command mission applications. - **belongs to:** [[wiki/United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]]. ## Sources / Provenance - [CDAO — official site](https://www.ai.mil/) - [DoD — Open DAGIR announcement](https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3791829/cdao-announces-new-approach-to-scaling-data-analytics-and-ai-capabilities/)