Frustrations are mounting at the Defense Department (DoD) over outdated information-sharing and communications technologies that hinder effective collaboration with allies and partners, according to a recent report from the Defense Innovation Board (DIB). […]
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 the Air Force issued a presolicitation on Tuesday for new target-tracking technologies driven by artificial intelligence (AI) and other cutting-edge advancements. […]
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) needs another month to determine the future development strategy for its IT systems supporting background investigations, a top DoD official told lawmakers on Wednesday. […]
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. […]
The National Security Agency (NSA), along with the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) and other agencies, has published a new cybersecurity advisory (CSA) that explains how a People’s Republic of China (PRC) state-sponsored cyber group is successfully conducting cyberattacks. […]
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) has appointed Leslie Beavers to take the reins as acting chief information officer (CIO), following John Sherman’s departure, according to her announcement last week on LinkedIn. […]
After refining its approach to software development, the U.S. Army announced it has rebooted its Accessions Information Environment (AIE) system to “AIE 2.0” in an effort to transform the Army recruiting process. […]
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)) – […]
The Army’s Program Executive Office Command, Control, and Communications Tactical (PEO C3T) is out with a new draft request for information (RFI) to obtain feedback from industry on the PEO C3T’s Unified Network Operations (UNO) program. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) is urging other U.S. government agencies, members of the defense industrial base (DIB), and international partners to take measures to avoid typos that could inadvertently expose sensitive military information to unintended email recipients. […]
Les Benito, the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Hosting and Compute Center’s chief of product development and management, told reporters this week that the Joint Warfighter Cloud Capability (JWCC) contract is rapidly gaining momentum, with anticipation of additional task orders in the pipeline. […]
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is making extensive use of artificial intelligence technologies to perform data and information triage, and to fulfill the open source information collection responsibilities that it handles for agencies across the Federal intelligence community, a top CIA official said on June 26 at the AWS Summit in Washington. […]
The Pentagon’s nascent Cyber Operational Readiness Assessment (CORA) continues to advance in its goal to strengthen the Defense Department’s cybersecurity posture, but the road thus far has been “bumpy,” a top Pentagon tech official said. […]
The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) has created a new chief experience officer (CXO) role to prioritize enhancements to customer experience across DISA. […]
The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is preparing to reveal a revamped data strategy – set to cover fiscal years (FY) 2025 through 2027 – in the coming months, the agency’s chief data officer said on Tuesday. […]
The head of cybersecurity at the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) offered several updates this week on how DISA is streamlining its “mountain” of data to enable the agency to automate its cybersecurity activities and make key progress in its Thunderdome zero trust security solution. […]
The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is gearing up to launch a pilot version of its Olympus managed cloud environment in September which aims to provide advanced management capabilities for Pentagon cloud users, an agency official said today. […]
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. […]
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin Space a $997.5 million contract extension for the continued development, testing, and on-orbit support of two geosynchronous missile-warning satellites, the Pentagon announced on June 21. […]
The Defense Department’s (DoD) Chief Information Officer (CIO) has launched the 24th annual DoD CIO Awards program with a departmentwide call for nominations to recognize individuals and teams in the DoD IT community. […]
Department of Defense (DoD) Cyber Crime Center (DC3) Executive Director Jude Sunderbruch retired from his position on June 18, the Pentagon announced on June 20. […]
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. […]
The Space Systems Command (SSC) – the U.S. Space Force field command responsible for acquiring and delivering tools for space warfighter – has awarded four contracts worth $100 million to develop space laser communication capabilities. […]
The Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has revealed how it will be spending the $938 million Congress allocated it at the end of March for fiscal year (FY) 2024. […]
The U.S. Army is launching a generative AI (GenAI) pilot this summer, with a top Army official saying she is “excited” about the project even as the service proceeds quickly but cautiously because of security concerns. […]
The U.S. Space Force’s first-ever chief technology and innovation officer, Lisa Costa, is retiring from public service, she announced on Tuesday in a post on LinkedIn. […]
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. […]