The U.S. Air Force has transitioned how it develops capabilities from a platform-centric model to prioritizing underlying systems that will better position the service branch for the challenges of the great power competition, a top Air Force official said on Thursday. […]
The House narrowly passed the $883.7 billion defense policy bill today with a 217-199 vote. […]
The National Security Agency (NSA) has appointed Kristina Walter to lead its Cybersecurity Collaboration Center (CCC), the agency announced on Thursday. […]
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has tapped Maj. Gen. Steven Butow to serve as its military deputy, effective June 1. […]
The Department of Defense’s (DoD) Office of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) established a new office that seeks to bolster the partnership between the department and academia about cyber defense efforts, the Pentagon announced on Wednesday. […]
With the rapid growth of AI technologies, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Department of Treasury are facing challenges in finding talent with AI expertise, according to agency officials. […]
After sifting through more than 1,300 proposed amendments for the annual defense policy bill, the House Rules Committee voted 9-4 on Tuesday to advance the bill to the House for a floor vote. The amendments were narrowed down to 350, with several tech provisions included in the final version. […]
The Department of the Air Force (DAF) is ramping up efforts to integrate generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) into its operations unveiling a new experimental GenAI chatbot. […]
Phillip LaJoie has returned to the public health sector as the newly appointed chief operating officer (COO) for the Market Technology Integration Office at the Defense Health Agency (DHA), according to a post on LinkedIn. […]
Earlier this year, the Marine Corps achieved notable success amid the Department of Defense’s (DoD) broader challenges with financial audits by adopting a new accounting system. However, a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reveals that the lack of implementation guidance for the system is presenting several cost and data migration challenges. […]
The FBI is offering to victims of recent LockBit ransomware attacks the use of 7,000 decryption keys seized from the ransomware perpetrator so that victims can use the keys to reclaim their seized data. […]
President Biden has nominated Maj. Gen. Melvin Carter to be the U.S. Marine Corps’ deputy commandant for information, the Pentagon announced today. […]
The Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) and Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) have solidified their collaboration to further accelerate the rapid adoption of data, analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI) at the Defense Department (DoD). […]
The U.S. Army is prioritizing investments in command and control (C2) capabilities to accelerate the Pentagon’s pursuit for a fully connected military force, an Army executive said on Wednesday. […]
Department of Defense (DoD) Chief Information Officer John Sherman will be stepping down from his post at the end of this month, the department announced today. […]
With threats from malicious cyber actors on the rise, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is aggressively leaning into developing frameworks around “formal methods” techniques to better protect warfighter systems, a DARPA official said on June 5. […]
The Department of Defense’s (DoD) Office of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) on June 4 released new guidance to help defense agencies implement target and advanced levels of the DoD’s Zero Trust Strategy. […]
When asked how the FBI is thinking about building the next-generation workforce, a top official within the intelligence agency said Tuesday that the FBI is challenged with finding the right talent to detect deepfakes. […]
The Defense Department’s (DoD) Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) is ramping up its contract opportunities with new private sector partners, a Pentagon official said today. […]
The head of the FBI’s Cyber Division said today that the bureau is making the “nation so much safer” by leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) and natural language processing technology in its tip reporting. […]
The U.S. Army is changing how it creates and maintains the technology that runs its command and control (C2) networks, according to a special notice posted to sam.gov on May 28. The service branch is seeking industry responses to the notice by June 14. […]
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) on Thursday released its inaugural Vision for the Intelligence Community (IC) Information Environment: An IT Roadmap. […]
Pentagon Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer (CDAO) Radha Plumb is rolling out a new plan to bring in more companies to support the Defense Department’s (DoD) effort to scale its data, analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities – with DoD’s Combined Joint All Domain Command and Control (CJADC2) as the first program in line for support. […]
Sens. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., have “serious concerns” with the Department of Defense’s (DoD) plan to invest in Microsoft product upgrades to support zero trust goals, according to a May 29 letter. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) needs to improve how it collects and analyzes data from its military judicial system in order to guard against racial disparities that may result from those judicial functions, according to a May 23 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report. […]
The Defense Department’s (DoD) Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) announced four new hires that will lead efforts to accelerate the Pentagon’s adoption and use of data, analytics, and AI technologies. […]
After 30 plus years in public service, one of the Pentagon’s top IT acquisition executives plans to retire from Federal service. […]
The U.S. Army is developing a new software development support services contract which it estimates will be worth more than $1 billion over a 10-year period of performance. […]
Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks has signed a memorandum to establish new guidance to mitigate security risks in funding applications of small businesses with foreign ties, the Pentagon announced on May 23. […]
The FBI announced it has made 95 awards under its Information Technology Supplies and Support Services 2nd Generation (ITSSS-2) blanket purchase agreement worth an estimated $8 billion, making it the largest IT contract vehicle ever established by the FBI. […]