Defense Systems
Army looks to machine learning to prevent injuries
Hoping to reduce costly non-combat muscle and bone injuries to warfighters, the Army turns to a machine learning-based tool used in professional sports.
Defense Systems
DOD affirms JEDI award to Microsoft
After a reevaluation of certain aspects of the $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure solicitation, the Defense Department is sticking with its guns and giving the contract to Microsoft -- but that doesn't mean a long-running legal battle will just go away.
Defense Systems
DISA to deliver web-browsing protection to 1.5M users
The Defense Information Systems Agency is moving into production for its $199 million cloud-based internet security tool, aiming to migrate 1.5 million users in the first year.
Defense Systems
National Guard plans all-virtual cyber exercise
The National Guard is taking its annual Cyber Shield training exercise virtual due to COVID-19 with a spotlight on information operations.
Defense Systems
Appeals court rejects Oracle's JEDI challenge
A panel of federal appellate judges affirmed a lower court decision denying a protest by Oracle in the Defense Department's Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure procurement.
Policy
Pentagon to Employees: How Can We Boost Diversity?
The request is part of Defense Secretary Mark Esper’s overhaul of personnel practices.
Ideas
Trump: Americans Who Died in War Are ‘Losers’ and ‘Suckers’
The president has repeatedly disparaged the intelligence of service members, and asked that wounded veterans be kept out of military parades, multiple sources tell The Atlantic.
Business
Pentagon Awards JEDI Cloud Contract to Microsoft, Again
The decision follows a months-long legal challenge filed by Amazon Web Services.
Policy
Trump's Reported 'Loser' Remarks Give Biden an Opening
The remarks fit into the Democrat's existing strategy of painting the president as unsupportive of U.S. troops.
Science & Tech
Fearing Satellite Hacks and Hijacks, White House Issues Space-Security Directive to Industry
Manufacturers need to build in better defenses and even ways to regain control of hijacked spacecraft, directive says.
Science & Tech
Pentagon, Defense Contractors Are Out Of Step On Tech Innovation, GAO Finds
The Pentagon wanted to fund ambitious research into future tech breakthroughs but contractors spend most of their money on safer bets, GAO has found.
Policy
As Russia Provokes, Trump Remains Silent
The president continues a pattern of deference to Moscow amid unsafe air operations, a roadway collision that injured U.S. troops, and the poisoning of a Putin critic.
Science & Tech
Five Military Sites Chosen for Phase III Trial of COVID Vaccine Candidate
AstraZeneca is seeking 30,000 volunteers for the trial, which may lead to an effective vaccine by year’s end.
Defense Systems
Why networks should come first in DOD IT modernization
Having visibility into the network and having a timely access to data is the key to intelligent decision making and performance optimization.
Ideas
US Punishes International Criminal Court for Investigating Potential War Crimes in Afghanistan
The court prosecutes genocide, torture and grave wartime abuses worldwide. Trump's executive order imposes on its lawyers and judges the kind of sanctions usually used on foreign terrorists.
Ideas
We Know How to Prevent Megafires. We're Just Not Doing It
This week has seen the 2nd- and 3rd-largest California wildfires ever. There's near-total scientific consensus on how to stop the next one.
Defense Systems