Defense Systems

A new dashboard is helping the CNO keep tabs on readiness and more

Navy data scientists built the tool to help Adm. Franchetti and her staff track top-priority topics with a few clicks.

Defense Systems

2024 in review: Defense systems

Satellites, bombers, and drones of every description are just some of the year's top systems stories.

Defense Systems

Army eyes data platform upgrade for 2025

The service lengthened its contract with Palantir before releasing a sketch of its plans for its next-gen Army Data Platform.

Defense Systems

US Ospreys to resume flight after gearbox inspections

New flight restrictions added after part failed in last year’s deadly crash.

Defense Systems

Air Force may curtail F-35 plan if newer tech pans out, SECAF says

Outgoing secretary Frank Kendall also clapped back at recent comments by Elon Musk about manned vs. unmanned systems.

Defense Systems

Recoil, hold the smoke: the latest in military sims

A walk around the floor at the I/ITSEC training-and-simulation conference.

Defense Systems

‘Navy wasted $1.84 billion’: GAO slams cruiser-rehab effort

Poor planning, myriad changes have marred the Congress-mandated effort to refit Ticonderoga cruisers for five more years of life.

Defense Systems

Navy F-35s can’t play well with others, so the service is betting big on sims

The service is bringing its hyper-realistic Joint Simulation Environment to more bases.

Defense Systems

New joint data standards could come in early 2025

The anticipated document would help ensure compatibility between training and simulation systems across services.

Defense Systems

Wanted: realistic simulations for digital warfare

The military must do more training in all domains, faster, to stay ahead of adversaries, says Adm. Christopher Grady.

Defense Systems

Army, Marine Corps want more ground vehicle simulators

It’s a lot cheaper to blow up or damage a simulation than the real thing.

Defense Systems

Eighteen ways Palantir wants the Pentagon to change

A conversation with the CTO of the self-described software prime contractor.

Defense Systems

Army aims to move its pay system to the cloud by 2027

Oracle will soon host the service’s HR systems, under the Pentagon’s biggest cloud contracting vehicle.

Defense Systems

Musk's government roles create 'clear avenues for serious conflicts of interest'

The SpaceX CEO, who leads a company with more than $10 billion in government contracts, is also the face of a new body aimed at getting rid of government waste.

Defense Systems

DIU orders software to drive massive drone swarms

The software glue holding the Replicator effort together is beginning to harden.

Defense Systems

Next launch of SDA’s satellite constellation pushed to spring

Officials originally planned to begin launching in September, but production has lagged.

Defense Systems

INDOPACOM is replacing a pile of partner-nation networks with just one

Imagine holding multi-country exercises without using thumb drives or multiple screens.

Defense Systems

Pentagon puts a dent in cyber workforce vacancies

Nearly a quarter of the Defense Department’s cyber jobs went unfilled last year.