Ideas
Ban These Chinese Chipmakers from Pentagon Purchases
Congress should pass a proposed expansion of the law that keeps the federal government from buying certain companies’ products.
Defense Systems
The Army’s Distributed Command Posts of the Future Will Need More than Videochats
Structuring data is key to the service’s visions of Pacific-spanning operations and AI-enabled decision tools.
Defense Systems
DISA’s Plea to Industry: Bring Us Battlefield-Ready Tech
The Pentagon’s IT agency also wants help wringing more performance out of its existing gear.
Defense Systems
How the Air Force Is Preparing for Good and Bad Comms in the Pacific
The service’s top lab is also working on commercial cloud offerings and facilitating classified software development.
Defense Systems
You Get a Software Factory! And You Get a Software Factory!
DISA’s Vulcan program aims to give defense agencies and field activities all the tools they need to improve their software development practices.
Policy
Pentagon Creates Team to Improve SecDef’s IT
A new directorate will serve as a bridge between the Office of the Secretary of Defense and IT service providers.
Defense Systems
Small Radios On Armored Vehicles Will Be a Big Step Toward the Army's Networked Future
The challenges include trying to install them and making sure they don’t run out of range.
Science & Tech
How Will the Military Use 5G? A New Drone Experiment Offers Clues
High-speed networking promises to help bring AI to bear on floods of battlefield sensor data.
Business
Anduril Unveils Deployable Military Operations Center
The company hopes the military will test its tech during an upcoming exercise.
Science & Tech
DOD Must Put Software at the Core of Its Operations, Report Says
The CIA's chief technology officer and the former head of the Air Force's Project Maven want to yank the Pentagon out of the industrial age into the digital age.
Threats
Shield Critical Infrastructure from Electromagnetic Pulses, DHS Says
The National Public Warning System offers a model for defending other vital systems and services.
Policy
Marines Hone Future Concepts with Dune Buggies, Liaison Officers, and Many Radios
The giant RIMPAC exercise helped the Corps test their newest type of agile unit within a multinational force.
Threats
CISA's Cyber Info-Sharing Program Didn't Always Deliver, Watchdog Says
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is supposed to give more than 300 agencies and firms the info they need to fix vulnerabilities. That hasn't always happened, the DHS inspector general found.
Defense Systems
A Navy Cyber Effort Is Fixing Thousands of Holes—and Building Tech Talent
A 10th Fleet operation gives tech-curious reservists some training and a real-world mission.
Ideas
Pass the CHIPS Act
Two former senior defense and intelligence leaders lay out the case for Congressional action to help the U.S. semiconductor industry.
Policy
How Much Does Bad Software Cost DOD? Lawmakers Want to Know
The House Armed Services Committee's version of the defense authorization act is getting a provision asking the Pentagon to account for wasted money and lost productivity caused by poorly performing software.
Science & Tech
A Navy 'Cattle Drive' Has Saved $150M in IT Costs
The service's two-year-old effort to consolidate computer systems is to be duplicated across the Pentagon.
Science & Tech
US Army Is Battle-Testing Cloud Computing
Various commands are trying out the service's cArmy infrastructure for common operating pictures, training, and more.
Policy