Defense Systems
The Army’s giant data deal with Palantir is a harbinger: service CIO
The 10-year, up-to-$10 billion deal is part of a larger effort to consolidate IT contracts and save money, Leonel Garciga told reporters.
Defense Systems
Pentagon will ‘open the door’ to more companies for next major cloud contract
The Pentagon’s tech chief said JWCC Next will look a little different than its $9 billion predecessor.
Threats
Pentagon unaffected by latest Microsoft hack, tech chief says
DOD CIO says she's been speaking daily with Microsoft since the zero-day Sharepoint vulnerability was discovered.
Policy
US Air Force’s nascent radar plane faces the axe
Hegseth says the E-7 Wedgetail may be discarded to fund Pentagon shift toward space-based ISR.
Threats
China may own the ‘narrative’ of future conflict if the US crushes the satellite imagery biz: experts
Experts say NRO cuts would hurt public understanding of what adversaries are doing.
Threats
Trump’s Qatari Air Force One would pose massive security risks
Treating the aircraft as safe for the commander in chief with just a few modifications is "absurd," one former senior defense official said.
Science & Tech
AI is helping the Pentagon go from finding targets to predicting threats
With the next chapter of Maven, NGA aims to spot not just known objects but “anomalies.”
Science & Tech
Army’s latest networked-warfare experiment ‘took back’ Fort Irwin
Project Convergence-Capstone 5 points to a need for more robots and combining offensive and defensive fires.
Business
Space Force's intelligence ‘marketplace’ gets funds to expand
Military units post requests to TacSRT’s webpage, and industry competes to answer them.
Policy
Will Space Force shift contracts to commercial? ‘Everything’s on the table,' official says
The service is considering lower-cost commercial options that can be delivered faster, if the mission allows it.
Science & Tech
The Navy wants dashboards that holler before things break
Real-time data is great, leaders say, but they want something more predictive.
Threats
How NORAD could be hurt by US-Canada tensions
US commander says a Canadian exit would partially blind the Pentagon to enemy missiles—at least until new defenses could be built.
Business
Signalgate spurs DOD interest in chat-archiving services
Federal law—and a judge's order—have officials with Defense, Justice, and Homeland Security reaching out to at least one company that specializes in encrypted-message retention.
Ideas
Heads must roll for Signal-chat debacle
To hold no one accountable would undermine operational security and send a corrosive message to troops.
Business
The Pentagon’s next major cloud contract is in the works
It may be even bigger than its $9 billion predecessor.
Business
With IVAS takeover, Anduril looks to build out human-machine ‘ecosystem’
Microsoft takes back seat as defense-tech firm proclaims a “new path in human augmentation.”
Ideas
The future of military logistics is predictive
A recent commander of Army Materiel Command says the war in Ukraine illuminates the path to data-driven sustainment.
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
Marines will spend nearly $1B to develop littoral warfighting, upgrade tactical systems
ManTech will do both jobs under two five-year contracts.
Policy