Modernization
Air Force Can Do More to Advance Its JADC2 Contribution, Watchdog Says
The Government Accountability Office said that “more needs to be done” to develop plans for the Air Force’s component of the militarywide tactical network.
Cybersecurity
Hackers to Get a Crack at Systems Running the Pentagon in New Bug Bounty
Hack the Pentagon 3.0 will focus on the operational technologies within Defense Department headquarters.
Digital Government
UFO Sightings By US Troops Surge
Intelligence officials cite recent efforts to reduce the stigma of reporting odd aerial phenomena. Many cases remain unexplained.
Emerging Tech
Air Force Wants to Add Facial Recognition to Automated Base Entrance
Scott Air Force Base is looking for verification and identification algorithms for a facial recognition pilot.
Modernization
Defense Logistics Agency to Shift Warehouse Management to Commercial Software
The agency wants to modernize its distribution and warehouse management systems but says it can’t do that with 20-year-old government-built technology.
Digital Government
Army CIO Raj Iyer to Step Down
The former industry executive had served as the Army's top information technology officer for more than two years, but will depart the service "over the next several weeks."
Digital Government
‘We Have Nothing’ Showing UFOs Are of Alien Origin, Defense Official Says
So far, data has not shown unidentified anomalous phenomena to be from an alien source, according to defense officials.
Cybersecurity
Military Branches Losing Expensive Cyber Talent to the Private Sector, Watchdog Says
The Government Accountability Office found that the lack of required service time commitments within some of the military branches is making it difficult to retain personnel who have completed expensive and advanced cyber courses.
Digital Government
Navy Awards AWS Cloud Contract Worth Nearly $724 Million
The five-year contract gives the military branch access to the cloud giant’s full suite of commercial cloud services, trainings and certification programs.
Digital Government
Let’s Make It Easier to Share Top-Secret Data With Allies, Intel Leader Says
The Defense Intelligence Agency’s CIO wants to expand collaborative workspaces—and resist the urge to mark everything NOFORN.
Digital Government
Pentagon: $9B Cloud Contract Gives Us ‘Leg Up’ on China, Adversaries
Defense officials explained the importance the department is placing on the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability contract.
Emerging Tech
Finalized 2023 NDAA Retains Many Space Tech Provisions
Orbital debris, satellites and space technology research remain front and center in the finalized version of the defense spending bill.
Digital Government
Inspector General Reforms Could Be on the Horizon
The negotiated version of the National Defense Authorization Act contains language to protect IGs from political interference and help them do their jobs better.
Digital Government
Cyber, Speed, and UFOs: A Tour of Tech Provisions in the 2023 NDAA
The defense policy bill also prods the intelligence community to follow other defense agencies’ emerging-tech efforts.
Digital Government
Pentagon Awards $9B Cloud Contract to Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Oracle
The Pentagon has awarded its JEDI cloud contract replacement.
Policy
Key Cyber and Tech Provisions Included—and Excluded—from the Final NDAA
This year, provisions that were ultimately left out of the massive annual Defense authorization bill—despite in some cases bipartisan agreement across both Congressional chambers—got the most attention.
Emerging Tech
Defense Policy Bill Features FedRAMP Authorization Act
Cybersecurity experts tell FCW that ‘authorizing FedRAMP is the first step to fully and robustly resourcing the program’ after it was established in 2011
Digital Government
The Defense Department Finally Has a Permanent Watchdog
“I shall continue to be true to the principle of nonpartisanship that is a hallmark of the IG system,” Robert Storch said during his confirmation hearing.
Emerging Tech
Expect AR/VR on the Battlefield, Air Force CIO Says
Augmented- and virtual-reality gear will become more than just a training tool, Knausenberger says.
Emerging Tech
DOD Creates Office to Enhance Investments in Tech Vital to National Security
The Pentagon’s Office of Strategic Capital will work with private capital providers to “shape and scale investment in critical technologies.”
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