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DOD sharply restricts use of geolocation devices and services
The Defense Department now prohibits personnel from using geolocation devices, applications or services in any area where military operations are being conducted.
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Wholesale shift of NBIB to DOD looks likely
National Background Investigations Bureau Director Charles Phalen discusses the Trump administration's plan to move the organization under the Defense Department.
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Fogarty has big ambitions for ARCYBER
Lt. Gen. Stephen Fogarty, Army Cyber Command's new leader, says the mission is really "information dominance operations."
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Coast Guard takes the long view on cloud
U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Karl Schultz has his eyes on JEDI, but says his service is years away from true cloud adoption.
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Air Force outlines five-year, $25M SIGINT research project
The Air Force is seeking proposals across a wide range of sub-disciplines.
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Army to roll out new comms capabilities by year's end
After a yearlong assessment, Army tech leaders outline plans to modernize their networks, including a re-tooled risk management framework.
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Air Force Materiel Command head announces retirement
Air Force Gen. Ellen Pawlikowski, commander of Air Force Materiel Command, will retire in September.
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Navy pushes forward on unmanned underwater vehicles program
The Navy chooses 23 companies for a $794.5 million contract to support the research-and-development of a "family of systems."
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Senate passes 2019 NDAA
The 2019 National Defense Authorization Act heads to the White House, avoiding a late-year debate, after the Senate passed the conference report 87-10.
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Army seeks support for cyber risk management
The Army wants industry help to support its Defensive Cyberspace Operations organization with cybersecurity risk management services.
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JEDI's 'pathfinder' designation hedges against single provider model
Industry reacts to the Defense Department’s final proposal request for its Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud program.
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ODNI warns of increasing economic cyber espionage
Nation-state groups combine cyber exploitation with supply chain operations, human recruitment and the acquisition of knowledge by foreign students in U.S. universities to steal or acquire trade secrets from U.S. technology sectors.
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NDAA calls for cyber warfare strategy
The final 2019 National Defense Authorization Act could bring the U.S. one step closer to developing a cyber warfare doctrine.
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Marines get new CIO
Brig. Gen. Lorna Mahlock has taken over as the CIO and director of command, control, communications, and computers (C4) for the U.S. Marine Corps.
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Cyber X-Games takes on critical infrastructure defense
The Army's latest Cyber X-Games competition featured attack scenarios on industrial control networks in the finance, public utility and health care sectors.
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DISA broadens search for DIBNet support
The Defense Information Systems Agency is looking for sources to defend DOD's enterprise service systems and infrastructure.
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DOD releases $10 billion JEDI cloud contract
Despite objections from industry, the Pentagon is sticking to the single-award plan for the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure program.
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Workforce analytics can provide benefits across DOD
One Defense Department office used workforce analytics to more easily determine which soldiers would succeed and which would drop out of an advanced training course.
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AF awards F-16 integration services contract
The $620 million contract for the Air Force's ongoing F-16 fighter jet integration effort went to Leidos.
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