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Pentagon CIO prepares to take over 5G network portfolio
The plan is to build on existing test programs, like smart warehouses, while exploring new territory.
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NSA ‘recently completed’ AI strategic study, director says
Outgoing chief Gen. Paul Nakasone looks back, forward, and pushes for Sec. 702 authority.
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SDA readies second batch of satellites for its space data network
The Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture was designed to be the “space backbone” for JADC2.
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Job 1 for makers of anti-drone defenses: write good software
Pentagon buyers are looking for control systems that are reliable, easy to use, and simple to update.
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Doing business with the Navy shouldn’t be ‘artificially hard,’ research chief says
Rear Adm. Kurt Rothenhaus said making contracting easier is a top priority.
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Army hopes big-data techniques can help secure its clouds
“Multifactor authentication will not be enough,” said the Army’s senior cyber leader.
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1/4 of DOD cyber jobs are vacant. Here's the plan to fill them
Civilian cyber workers are the main challenge, as it's harder for DOD to attract and keep them.
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Dealing with defense travel is a one-way ticket to frustration for lawmakers
Tempers flared as lawmakers demanded information on Pentagon’s scuttled $374 million deal for a new travel booking and reimbursement system.
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Army's new training simulators on track for 2024 delivery
Trainees were so efficient at using simulated drones to coordinate artillery strikes that one soldier had to tell them to “leave something for the tanks to shoot at.”
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Inside the fight over alternative sub fuel
A handful of lawmakers want the Navy to research low-enriched uranium fuel to reduce nuclear weapons proliferation. But funding bans are on the horizon.
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New DIU head seeks to scale up DOD, Silicon Valley tech partnerships
Pentagon must reassure the startup world by showing it can put new commercial technology into operation, says the new head of the Defense Innovation Unit.
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How many Super Hornets are ready to fly? The Navy’s tracking tools disagree
Congressional Budget Office examined two systems that use different metrics to track F/A-18 availability.
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Get serious about data, US intelligence leaders tell agencies
ODNI’s new three-year plan aims to turn data-gathering from afterthought to key asset.
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Intel leaders, White House argue for keeping digital spy powers
Agencies have less than six months to convince a divided Congress to re-up an expiring warrantless surveillance authority.
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US Army helped pick Ukraine’s drone-killing trucks
The selection was informed by a January test run by the service’s anti-drone office.
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Pentagon’s reversal on new travel expense system “troubling,” key lawmaker says
Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., said the Pentagon’s decision to terminate a multi-million dollar contract to replace its Defense Travel System “raises broader questions about DOD’s ability to manage its finances and information technology.”
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Navy Gets New Cyber Categories
The move will make it so cryptologists and IT professionals no longer have additional duties in cyberspace operations.
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Inside the US Army’s Plan To Simplify AI For Intel Systems
Project Linchpin is designed as an AI pipeline program managers at Program Executive Office Intelligence, Electronic Warfare, and Sensors can use to meet requirements.
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Become Interoperable or Disappear, Former DOD Data Chief Tells Contractors
Defense companies will have to prioritize data interoperability to stay relevant in the industry, David Spirk said.
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