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Obituary: Kevin Carroll

Long-time Army procurement expert and head of PEO EIS Kevin Carroll has passed away.

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DOD lands major contract for war-fighting AI

The Defense Department used one of the General Services Administration's government wide contracts to get AI for future warfighting capabilities.

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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.

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Navy IT looks beyond COVID-19

The Navy's network operations, like most federal agencies, scrambled to shift to completely remote workforce, but the experience has also shifted workers' network expectations.

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DOD tech leaders look to tune out Ligado

DOD technology officials blasted a FCC decision to allow a commercial wireless firm to come online despite possible interference with GPS transmissions.

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U.S. drone developers feel squeeze during pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic is taking a toll on the Defense Department's effort to jumpstart a domestic drone industry.

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Pentagon seeks 5G prototype proposals

The Defense Department has fleshed out draft plans for two of its planned 5G technology testbeds at military bases around the country.

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DOD seeks more 5G prototypes

The Defense Department detailed two more draft plans for proposed 5G testbeds at military bases around the country.

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Defense company owners could see more scrutiny

Some defense contractors may be disguising their owners and it’s costing the Pentagon millions, according to a new Government Accountability Office report.

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DOD announces 5G military test sites

The Defense Department named five bases around the country to test emerging high speed 5G network applications.

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Pentagon to develop interim agile software rules

A new adaptive acquisition framework being rolled out by the Defense Department will boost software development.

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Sub-T challenge draws underground drone explorers

Drones of every stripe crawled and flew through mine shafts in DARPA’s latest subterranean technology competition.

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Pentagon awards $8 billion cloud business contract

The Defense Enterprise Office Solutions contract will move as many as 3.15 million DOD users and systems to the Microsoft Office 365 platform.

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The next generation of high-performance computers

IARPA wants to develop quicker, more durable ways to design new architectures and applications for high performance computers.

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Chinese drone maker tries to quell talk of data siphoning

DJI's U.S. operation tells lawmakers its technology is secure and is approved for use by state, local and federal agencies.

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Apps are the new IT systems, says Air Force chief software officer

Rather than rebuild legacy IT systems from scratch, The work legacy IT systems do can be replaced with applications, according the Air Force's chief software officer.

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Coast Guard turns to DOD's new AI center for maintenance help

The Coast Guard looks to DOD's artificial intelligence center to help with helicopter maintenance and domain awareness.

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GSA launches Netcents-2 replacement

A new five-year blanket purchase agreement will replace Air Force's expiring IT hardware and software commodity contract.

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DISA, GSA clarify classified requirement for DEOS bidders

Aspiring vendors for the Pentagon's $8 billion back-office cloud contract won't have to be certified to host classified data on the date of the award.

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DARPA underground mapping challenge moves to next stage

The research arm of the Defense Department looks to a Colorado mine for next leg of its tunnel mapping tech challenge.