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Lawmaker leans on Trump for details on cyber operation plans

The Trump administration has yet to brief Congress on new rules governing offensive cyber operations, and some on the Hill are getting impatient.

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How DOD is using AI to speed disaster relief

Defense Department’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center is looking for artificial intelligence solutions to quickly identify people and infrastructure affected by floods and formulate an effective disaster response strategy.

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Lawmakers look to NDAA for health record push

Members of the House Veterans Affairs Committee want to use the must-pass 2020 defense authorization bill to advance interoperability and joint management of the electronic health records systems at the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs.

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Pentagon scopes out 5G impact for military bases

The Pentagon is putting together a list of bases where it will test -- and ultimately deploy -- 5G capabilities.

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Navy wants 'see something, send something' system

The Naval District Washington is looking for ways to make it easier for analysts to react to reports of suspicious activity in real time.

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The next generation of high-performance computers

IARPA wants to develop quicker, more durable ways to design new architectures and applications for high performance computers.

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A blood tracking app is being prepped for battle

The mobile app must manage and document blood inventory, transfusions, donations and disease testing in environments with unreliable connectivity.

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Are JEDI and the CIA's C2E clouds even comparable?

Recent criticism of DOD's 10-year Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure procurement cites the CIA's plans for a multi-cloud, multi-vendor environment

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Oracle keeps hammering on JEDI

The company reiterated its claims that the procurement violates procurement law and that individuals involved had a conflict of interest.

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Defense cyber policy deputy talks DOD's homeland support role

A senior defense official explained that DOD can provide information sharing and technical expertise to respond to ongoing cyber threats against the homeland.

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DOD tweaks UAS acquisition strategies

Kevin Fahey, the assistant secretary of defense for acquisition, said his office wants to steer DOD away from developing new technologies and training requirements simultaneously.

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Is it worth comparing the DOD and ODNI cloud plans?

The intelligence community's top IT official said that DOD is "where we were five years ago" when the CIA opted to pursue a single vendor, single cloud solution.

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DOD builds laser that IDs remote subjects by their heartbeat

The Defense Department has developed a device that uses an infrared laser to detect unique cardiac signatures of people 200 meters away.

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Lawmaker worried about DOD leadership shuffle

Rep. Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.) worries U.S. defenses in space could be at risk due to lack of permanent leadership at the Pentagon.

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How DOD can use data to take readiness to the next level

Data-literate personnel can better support defense operations that power warfighter missions by leveraging data-based insights for improved decision-making and agility.

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JEDI award expected in August

The Defense Department is expecting to award its first major cloud contract by the end of August despite ongoing legal challenges.

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What the latest JEDI filings reveal

Recent court filings provide a window into the development of the requirements and what the Defense Department hopes to get out of its planned massive cloud program.

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NIST issues new cyber guidelines for contractors

A draft version of the guidance lays out 31 new recommendations to help contractors working on critical government programs protect controlled unclassified information in their systems.

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Chinese drone maker tries to quell talk of data siphoning

DJI's U.S. operation tells lawmakers its technology is secure and is approved for use by state, local and federal agencies.

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DIA digs into analytics

The Defense Intelligence Agency hopes to start building Machine-Assisted Analytic Rapid-Repository System in fiscal 2020 to help re-engineer its data environment.