Science & Tech
Pentagon's 'AI Factory' Looks To Distribute Tools Across DOD
The Joint Artificial Intelligence Center will begin rolling out its Joint Common Foundation next year, its new director says.
Ideas
The Best Tech for Troops (Needs an Easier Path to Reach Them)
The Pentagon must keep lowering barriers for startup companies, especially in artificial intelligence and machine learning — and help them stay in the game.
Science & Tech
What the Army's Next App Reveals About Defense Innovation
A major wins an innovation award by proposing to bring hotel-style booking to training ranges.
Science & Tech
Mapping Agency Wants to ID Locations by Sound
If your technology can tell what city it's in just by listening, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency may have a prize for you.
Science & Tech
Air Force to Try In-Flight Software Update
The demonstration would show how the service’s DevSecOps initiative can deliver updates to warfighters in real time.
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
Some Federal Agencies Worry About Proposal to Welcome White-Hat Hacking
A draft CISA directive asks civilian agencies not to punish outsiders who probe their systems.
Ideas
Meet the 'Mayflower:' Sailing Into a New World, All Over Again
Our autonomous ship will attempt to cross the Atlantic from Plymouth to Plymouth. Here's how — and what we hope the Navy can learn from her.
Threats
Pentagon Extends Deadline for Contractors' Ban on Chinese Equipment
Vendors will get additional time to comply, but the department is not seeking mass extensions, Acquisition Chief Ellen Lord told reporters.
Science & Tech
NSA Offers Tips To Limit Location Data Exposure
The National Security Agency released a set of guidelines outlining how the federal workforce and the general public can mitigate risks associated with personal location data.
Ideas
Let Japan’s Companies Help
To stay ahead of China, the Pentagon should reach out to allies who have more advanced capabilities than the U.S. Japan is top of the list.
Science & Tech
The Air Force’s Latest GPS Alternative: Earth’s Magnetic Fields
Officials just launched a public challenge to help create the artificial intelligence needed to turn the planet’s magnetic fields into readable maps.
Science & Tech
Pentagon Aims to Support More Sensitive Telework By Year's End
The Defense Department is also in “an active conversation” about sustaining telework post-pandemic, according to Chief Information Officer Dana Deasy.
Science & Tech
Busting Up Big Tech is Popular, But Here’s what the US May Lose
Lawmakers don’t like them, but what they bring to the competition with China may be too valuable to break up.
Science & Tech
Was the Pentagon’s Blacklist of Chinese Companies Justified?
An independent study of the list found China uses its favored companies to wipe out competition and spread economic influence.
Science & Tech
Energy Unveils Blueprint for Nationwide, ‘Unhackable’ Quantum Internet
Impacts could be realized within the next decade.
Science & Tech
The Pentagon's Platform One Offers an Ambitious Model for the Future of Software
In an interview, the Air Force’s chief software officer described the potential for a profound transformation for cybersecurity.
Ideas
There’s a Bigger Threat Than Big Tech. It’s Big China
As lawmakers grill U.S. technology CEOs, they should ask not just about their near-monopoly power today, but also about staving off Chinese dominance tomorrow.
Threats