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National defense strategy stresses need for an agile cyber force
Defense Secretary James Mattis highlighted cyber force streamlining and tech infrastructure investment as part of an unclassified summary of the national defense strategy.
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Bid protest delays DOD efforts to address traumatic brain injuries
The $24.9 million contract would cover critical IT management, development and support services for the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury.
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DOD health record effort pivots to lessons learned
After a lengthy rollout, military health leaders will evaluate user feedback on MHS Genesis to prepare for full deployment.
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Faster crypto is the goal of ONR research effort
Galois is creating a suite of tools that will improve the development and testing of new cryptographic algorithms.
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DOD awards $800M contract for microelectronics
The Defense Department awards a potential 10-year, $800 million contract to three small businesses for engineering work to support microelectronic technology work.
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milCloud 2.0 could go live Feb. 1
Contractor CSRA plans to roll out the unclassified portion first, with classified infrastructure to follow in late 2018.
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DISA: Warfighters' walk to be used for mobile security
An individual's walking gait will be the first biometric used as part of continuous multi-factor authentication.
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How DOD defends data in the cloud
While commercial providers have responsibilities, one senior officer said, defense agencies are ultimately responsible for protecting data in the cloud.
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Air Force awards 10-year data link contract
The Air Force chooses nine companies for a potential 10-year, $496 million data link platform support contract.
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DARPA looks to radio for better network resiliency
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is looking for radio technology that can withstand the frequent signal degradation that routinely occurs in military operational environments.
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Why your network needs a threat hunter
Proactive hunting can find core security issues much faster than traditional reactive methods and reduce workload on security analysts who must focus on fighting day-to-day fires.
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DOD CIO gets a seat at the table on Pentagon's cloud team
Acquisition chief Ellen Lord has been replaced as the chair of the group overseeing the massive cloud initiative known as the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure.
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Air Force seeks high-performance computing gains
The Air Force Research Laboratory has issued a broad agency announcement to advance HPC capabilities.
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White House names acquisition leaders at DOD, Air Force
The Trump administration announced picks for assistant secretary of defense for acquisition and acquisition head at the Air Force.
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DISA's CFO retires
Sannadean Sims, the Defense Information Systems Agency’s chief financial officer, comptroller, and Resource Management Center director, retired Jan. 3.
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Burden is leaving post as head of Army PEO EIS
After just a year in the role, Brig. Gen. Patrick Burden will step down as the Army’s Program Executive Officer for Enterprise Information Systems to lead a command in Afghanistan.
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DLA turns to analytics to fight fraudulent contractors
The Defense Logistics Agency wants to beef up its Business Decision Analytics tool to catch supply chain fraud and crack down on "CAGE jacking."
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DOD looks to solve battlefield network issues
DARPA is reaching out for help in developing radio technology for the battlefield that increases network reliability.
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Air Force awards 'Gray Wolf' networked missile contract
Lockheed Martin wins a five-year, $110 million Air Force contract to build a "Gray Wolf" missile prototype that can connect with other weapons via a network.
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