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Air Force slows roll out of new cyber career category
Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson announced delays to plans for new career categories and promotion paths, including in cybersecurity.
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DOD considers releasing list of blocked software vendors
The Defense Department is working with congressional constraints on information it can share with defense industrial base regarding restricted vendors.
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Air Force moves to speed up operating authorities
The Air Force plans to migrate 100 applications to the cloud this year with as many as possible opting for the fast track authority to operate process.
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DOD keeps getting ‘out recruited’ for cyber talent, Shanahan says
Congress wants DOD to onboard more cyber warriors, but they're hard to keep around.
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Navy considers penalties for bad cyber behavior
The Navy is looking at punitive measures for careless users to get them to take basic cyber hygiene seriously.
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Army innovation lab tests coders on the battlefield
The Army's newly launched Army Applications Laboratory is working to expand ability for soldiers to code in the field to repair communications systems.
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Defense software budget may get streamlined in 2020
Defense Department acquisition head, Ellen Lord, hopes to simplify software buying and improve business systems following the release of the Defense Innovation Board's final software acquisition study.
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USAF seeks safe space for AI development
The Air Force's Cognitive Engine software platform will package code-based tools to be better accepted by Defense Department systems.
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DISA's MilCloud 2.0 migration is moving forward
Caroline Bean, DISA's MilCloud deputy program manager and lead engineer, explained where the migration stands and what to expect this year.
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New ways to detect network attacks sooner
Compressing the network traffic sent to central analysis servers may allow analysts to detect intrusions earlier in the transmission process.
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Can AI and autonomous systems detect hostile intent?
DARPA wants supervised autonomous systems to detect and positively identify hostile agents before troops come in contact with them.
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JAIC has tight timeline for first solutions
Defense Department CIO Dana Deasy said the Joint AI Center plans new capabilities for fiscal year 2020.
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Defense Digital Service announces new director
Brett Goldstein has replaced founding director Chris Lynch.
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Is defense acquisition at an 'inflection point?'
A new report suggests that decisions made today could "transform the defense acquisition system and the supporting defense industrial base for the next 10 to 20 years."
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DARPA takes autopilot to a new level
The Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System features a customizable, drop-in kit that would allow advanced automation to be easily added to existing aircraft.
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Stricter supply chain enforcement is coming
The Defense Department wants to make contractors' cyber maturity a more important consideration before contracts are awarded.
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USAF adds competitive career categories for cyber, space
The Air Force is trying to improve training and talent retention by adding seven new competitive career categories for officers that will include cyber, intelligence and space.
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Navy could add new cyber leadership slot
Navy Secretary Richard Spencer says adding a new assistant secretary for cybersecurity and tightening contractors' security practices are top priorities for 2020.
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JEDI cloud deal comes down to AWS and Microsoft
A Defense Department probe into conflict of interest relating to its $10 billion cloud buy didn't find anything to derail the solicitation. An award could be coming in mid-July.
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