One year after Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks first announced the Department of Defense’s Replicator initiative at the NDIA Emerging Technologies for Defense Conference, Hicks returned to the conference on Wednesday to say the initiative is “on track” to meet its initial goal. […]

The Department of Defense (DoD) may rely on public infrastructure for 5G networks in the future, according to Thomas Rondeau, the principal director for FutureG in the DoD.  […]

As the Department of Defense (DoD) starts to plan what’s next for the Joint Warfighter Cloud Capability (JWCC) contract, a top Pentagon official confirmed today that the department is preparing to release a multi-cloud strategy publicly in the coming months. […]

The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed Michael Sulmeyer as the first-ever cyber policy chief for the Department of Defense (DoD). […]

The Department of Defense’s (DoD) Office of the Inspector General (IG) has set its sights on the department’s high-stakes Replicator initiative as the subject of its next review. […]

During a House Oversight Subcommittee hearing today, witnesses underscored urgent concerns regarding the Department of Defense’s (DoD) inefficient spending practices, emphasizing a critical need for reform. […]

The Department of Defense (DoD) is making a major push into the Arctic region with a fresh strategy that’s all about employing the latest tech. […]

Department of Defense (DoD) operations were unaffected by the ongoing Microsoft outage caused by a flawed CrowdStrike security update, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said on Friday. […]

The Department of Defense’s (DoD) Inspector General (IG) just dropped a series of upcoming review projects, and it’s gearing up to scrutinize some of the Pentagon’s most buzzworthy initiatives. […]

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and Singapore’s Ministry of Defence signed a Statement of Intent (SOI) on Monday to enhance their cooperation in data, analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI). […]

The Department of Defense (DoD) is poised to recompete its Advana data system and plans to update the platform’s current contract to allow for a wider range of potential vendors, a senior Pentagon technology official said. During an online seminar hosted by the Center for Strategic & International Studies on July 15, DoD Chief Data […]

The Department of Defense (DoD) spends big bucks on modernizing the IT systems it uses to run its day-to-day operations, but a lot of these systems are late to arrive and do not meet expectations, according to a recent report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO). […]

The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is preparing to roll out a pilot version of its Olympus managed cloud environment in September, designed to offer advanced management capabilities specifically for Pentagon cloud users. […]

The Department of Defense (DoD) announced today the first award under a new program aimed at expanding the domestic supply of critical ingredients and materials for U.S. national supply chains and strengthening the bioindustrial manufacturing base. […]

Despite the Department of Defense (DoD) placing a renewed emphasis on addressing recommendations made to the agency by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), a recent report from the Federal watchdog reveals that DoD’s implementation rate on recommendations continues to fall short of the government-wide average. […]

The Department of Defense (DoD) on July 3 published a detailed progress report of the steps it has taken toward implementing the actions outlined in the department’s first-ever National Defense Industrial Strategy (NDIS). The NDIS – released in January 2024 by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy (OASD(IBP)) – […]

As government officials strive for the responsible use of generative AI technologies, public sector leaders on Wednesday said they are focused on testing and evaluating AI models to help strike a balance between regulatory frameworks and innovation. […]

The Defense Department (DoD) today unveiled a wide-ranging plan to modernize the agency’s IT networks and compute infrastructure with the aim of providing better user-centric IT capabilities to warfighters around the globe. […]

Two top officials from the Pentagon’s Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Science & Technology (OASD(S&T)) highlighted ways the Defense Department (DoD) is leading the charge on leveraging innovative technologies in the areas of quantum and biotech. […]

By leveraging AI technologies, the Department of Defense (DoD) can streamline and accelerate procurement timelines, thereby fostering innovation from a wide range of businesses traditionally overlooked in defense contracting, according to a Pentagon official. […]

A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report says that the Pentagon is struggling to deliver new technologies quickly and includes cybersecurity and workforce challenges among the list of factors contributing to that problem. […]

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) Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) launched an open call for an industry partner to help bolster AI governance across the department. […]

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 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). […]

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 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. […]

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. […]