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The Pentagon’s New Artificial Intelligence Is Already Hunting Terrorists
After less than eight months of development, the algorithms are helping intel analysts exploit drone video over the battlefield.
Policy
Five Ways the 2018 Defense Bill Will Change Pentagon IT
From a half-billion dollars for modernization to a closer look at bid protests, the NDAA may have a quick impact on defense IT.
Science & Tech
NGA Launches Bold Recruitment Plan to Hire Silicon Valley's Best
The intelligence agency is hacking hiring rules to fill three new digital teams in its quest for data dominance.
Science & Tech
LA Cyber Center Hopes to Be a Model for Cities Nationwide
During the past four years, Los Angeles has centralized its cyber operations using models developed by the federal government and industry sectors.
Ideas
China Is On a Whole-of-Nation Push for AI. The US Must Match It
Beijing is harnessing government and commercial entities in pursuit of a once-in-a-generation technological kingmaker.
Business
Pentagon Building Wish List for New Technology Spending
The military’s top weapons buyer wants to better coordinate the Defense Department’s investments across its labs and research offices.
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Amazon’s New ‘Secret Region’ Promises Easier Sharing of Classified Data
CIA info chief says the intelligence community has been eager for a way to put secret-level data in a secure cloud.
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A Short-Staffed US Air Force Wants Robots to Do More Human Jobs
The service’s top general says new systems, from bombs to buildings, must be able to think, share, and learn.
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Russian, Chinese Companies Win Intel Community's Facial Recognition Contest
Moscow-based NTechlab won two categories of IARPA’s facial recognition challenge.
Policy
15 Things We Learned from the Internet Giants
The key takeaways from three days of testimony about Russia’s electoral mischief during the 2016 election.
Science & Tech
DHS Wants Tech to Scan Your Face as You Drive to Mexico
The department is opting for a faster procurement option for the technology.
Threats
The Pentagon’s IED-Hunters Have a New Target: Drones
After a decade of ups and downs, JIDO has added the counter-UAV mission.
Science & Tech
This Technology Could Help Solve IED Detection — And Airport Security Too
New radio-wave sensors are designed to suss out hidden explosives —whether in car bombs or carry-on laptops.
Ideas
How the US Air Force Made Its ISR Network Cheaper to Run and Easier to Upgrade
Real-world lessons from a leader of the three-year effort to convert DCGS to open architecture.
Science & Tech
US Army Chief Announces Major Reorganization For How Army Develops, Buys Weapons
Gen. Milley says Army 'must regain our overmatch and competitive advantage against emerging threats.'
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Get Lasers Into the Field Faster, Lawmakers Tell the Pentagon
The Senate’s version of the annual defense bill provides $200 million for rapid prototyping of directed energy weapons.
Ideas
The Pentagon Has the World’s Largest Logistics Problem. Blockchain Can Help
DoD should join other logistics-heavy organizations in experimenting with the cryptography-messaging-accounting technology that powers Bitcoin.
Science & Tech
DARPA-Funded Radar Lets Planes See Through Smoke and Clouds
A promising approach to a decades-old quandary: how to get a clear field of view to the ground?
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Soon, DHS Will Have Eyes on Computer Vulnerabilities Across the Government
A governmentwide software dashboard is launching this month.
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