Defense Systems

Can Kessel Run scale?

Everyone wants a piece of the Air Force's agile software development program. Here's how the program could scale to the other services.

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Army awards ground intel support contract

CACI International books a $413 million contract to support one of the Army’s main ground intelligence platforms.

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DARPA looks to 'less-explored' blockchain uses

The defense research agency wants insights on incentives and centralized aspects of permissionless distributed consensus protocols.

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Making derived mobile credentials work

The National Institute of Standards and Technology recently issued a practice guide showing two ways federal employees using mobile devices could be authenticated to access secure information systems and applications.

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DOD teams with DHS for critical infrastructure protection

Officials from both agencies told Congress at a joint committee hearing on cyber incident cooperation that the partnership has been fruitful, but budget constraints could require legislation.

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Financial audit spotlights DOD IT woes

Longstanding deficiencies in the Defense Department's tech portfolio emerged as a leading cause for the failure of the organization’s first completed audit report.

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$769M JCETII task order goes to Allion

Alion Science and Technology books a $769 million task order to integrate systems and subsystems for the U.S. military’s ISR and cyber platforms.

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Key JEDI protest denied

A bid to freeze the Pentagon's $10 billion, 10-year cloud deal stalled as the Government Accountability Office denied a protest that claimed the procurement was stacked in favor of a particular vendor and flawed on other competitive grounds.

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Meeting the NDAA's real property reduction requirements

Offsite records storage solutions can help defense agencies meet the reduction targets required by the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act.

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DOD lags in implementing the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act

Congress passed landmark cybersecurity legislation in late 2015, but Pentagon agencies have a spotty record of implementation, according to a watchdog report.

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Navy Sealift Command, CACI, Ariz. DOT and HHS get top honors at Government Innovation Awards

Best in Class recognitions highlight the public-sector potential of automation, machine learning, IoT and drone defenses.

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Preventive maintenance through predictive analytics

With unstructured maintenance data hampering strategic decision-making, the Navy’s Military Sealift Command turned to machine learning for help.

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Rising Star: Capt. Keely J. Carrigan

Operations Flight Commander, 707th Communications Squadron, U.S. Air Force

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Rising Star: Capt. Anthony N. Rodriguez

Aide-de-Camp to the Commander of the 24th Air Force, U.S. Air Force

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Citizen-soldiers’ cyber solution

The Missouri National Guard Cyber Team developed a tool that cuts the time it takes to collect information from compromised servers from two days down to 20 minutes.

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Rising Star: Senior Airman Christopher R. DeForge

Geospatial Analyst/Full-Motion Video Screener, 45th Intelligence Squadron, U.S. Air Force

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DOD details cyber teams to DHS for election duty

The Defense Department has loaned personnel to Homeland Security in effort to prevent -- or react to -- election hacking attempts.

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Hacking the challenge of tech talent scarcity

The Army Cyber Command’s direct commissioning program plucks technical experts from the commercial sector.

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'Fix it forward'

3-D printers have been a game changer for deployed Marine Expeditionary Units, which often need a replacement part quickly to keep a mission moving.

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Contract for Cyber Command Unified Platform moves forward

The Air Force awarded Northrop Grumman a $54.6 million contract for Unified Platform, which will facilitate offensive and defensive cyber operations.