Science & Tech
DODIIS Conference Wire: USAF's Information Warfare
On Day 2 of the conference, a look at how the Air Force's new IW operating concepts.
Science & Tech
DODIIS Conference Wire: AI's Promise and Peril
As DODIIS opened, several leaders said machine learning would help keep tabs on Russian and Chinese advances—eventually.
Business
Amazon Offers 2nd Air-Gapped Cloud For Top-Secret Data
The new cloud's data centers are "more than 1,000 miles" away from the northern-Virginia complex that serves U.S. intelligence and defense agencies.
Threats
DODIIS Conference Wire: What to Look For
Some 3,000 people are expected to attend this year's edition of the DIA's IT-and-intelligence conference.
Policy
Austin Warns Against Over-Hyping Recent Chinese Weapons Tests
The defense secretary also pushed for deeper ties between the Pentagon and technology firms.
Threats
Merchant Marine Academy Woes Imperil National Security, Report Finds
The Academy didn’t seem to “really be aware of the changes that were going on in the shipping industry,” one investigator said.
Policy
Defense Industry Asks White House to Allow COVID Tests to Substitute for Vax Mandate
Nation’s largest military shipbuilder says it won’t comply until mandate is written into a contract.
Policy
Key Pentagon Posts Remain Vacant Amid Supply-Chain Crisis
The Biden administration has not even nominated a defense undersecretary of acquisition and sustainment.
Business
Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Oracle to Bid on Pentagon’s Next Multibillion-Dollar Cloud Contract
The department expanded the pool of bidders for its much-anticipated JEDI replacement.
Business
Rising Inflation Is Beginning to Worry Pentagon Leaders
Higher salaries and more expensive weapons looming large as the Defense Department assembles next budget proposal.
Threats
US Manufacturing Decline is Hurting National Security, Report Warns
A Ronald Reagan Institute task force says the government needs to spend more on job training and manufacturing infrastructure.
Policy
Biden Administration Delays Contractor Vaccine Mandate Until Jan. 4
Defense firms had warned of layoffs and weapons-manufacturing delays.
Business
Lockheed Martin and Verizon to Partner to Develop 5G Tech for the Military
The companies recently connected a military communications network to a commercial 5G network.
Business