Threats
US Charges Six Russians with Major Cyberattacks
U.S. officials said a new indictment describing a four-year global conspiracy belies the country’s recent offer to reset relations in cyberspace.
Ideas
A 21st-Century Reality Is Dawning on NATO
In today’s security environment, non-kinetic threats pose as grave a danger as kinetic ones.
Defense Systems
Army tests the limits of its integrated tactical network
The Army's Project Convergence exercise has put the Integrated Tactical Network to the test. But holes in its availability prove there's work to be done.
Defense Systems
Navy plans shift to single-tenant clouds
Dedicated Microsoft 365 environments are planned for the Navy and Marine Corps to improve its identity and credentialing efforts, according to a Navy CIO memo.
Defense Systems
U.S. imposes new restrictions on Huawei, semiconductor industry
The Department of Commerce is tightening rules targeting the Chinese telecom's supply chain around computer processing chips and restricting sales of chips made with U.S. technology.
Defense Systems
As Huawei ban looms, waivers are an option
Waivers for a looming federal rule prohibiting agencies from signing new contracts with companies that use a list of Chinese-made communications gear are only a temporary fix, says one expert.
Defense Systems
Perspecta's NGEN protest denied
The Government Accountability Office has denied Perspecta’s challenge of the $7.7 billion Navy NGEN award that went to Leidos.
Policy
Trump Vows to Keep Confederates’ Names on US Army Bases
As the military wrestles with racism and its symbols, the commander-in-chief draws a line.
Defense Systems
DOD's $7.6B cloud email buy heads for redo
Less than a week before a final protest ruling was due, the Defense Information Systems Agency and the General Services Administration are taking another corrective action in their big business software buy for DOD.
Ideas
Dear Mr. Secretary, You Can Rename Army Bases Right Now
If the Army’s civilian leader is serious about starting to address institutional racism, here’s a helping hand.
Defense Systems
DELETE Pentagon's AI chief: lack of enterprise cloud 'has slowed us down'
The Joint Artificial Intelligence Center has been hampered by enterprise cloud program delays, but is pivoting with the Air Force's help.
Defense Systems
U.S squeezes Huawei on chip design
An export rules change will limit the Chinese telecommunications company's ability to use U.S. gear and software to make semiconductors abroad.
Defense Systems
Army gets tactical with latest cloud pilot
The Army is in the last leg of a tactical cloud pilot that's experimenting with delivering capabilities and data to warfighters on the battlefield.
Ideas
A 3-Percent Solution for NATO
The alliance should up its members’ spending goals — and count much-needed resiliency investment toward the total.
Defense Systems
DISA starts Fourth Estate IT consolidation
The Defense Information Systems Agency has begun setup to move its clients to DODNet, a new single service network for support defense agencies and field activities.
Ideas
Protecting US Bases Increasingly Requires Hardening Civilian Infrastructure
Congress needs to fund its Defense Community Infrastructure Program, and the military needs to think beyond its gates.
Defense Systems
Deasy 'very confident' White House didn't sway JEDI award
At his Senate confirmation hearing, Defense Department CIO Dana Deasy said the department's $10 billion cloud contract was awarded by a team of experts.
Defense Systems
Army seeks new paths to network interoperability
The Army doesn't want to keep relying on the Defense Department's secret networks to collaborate with international mission partners, but the change faces some policy hurdles.
Defense Systems
Navy awards $1.4 billion hardware contract
HPI Federal won the Navy's NGEN-R contract, the first piece of the newly divided IT contract for the Navy and Marines.
Threats
Which US Cities Are Least Prepared for Climate Disaster?
New studies find cities most vulnerable to climate change disasters—heat waves, flooding, rising seas, drought—are the least prepared.
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