Modernization
2022 Defense Authorization Bill (Once Again) Looks to Reform How DOD Buys Tech
National Defense Authorization Act provisions sparked support and skepticism from several experts.
Emerging Tech
How the Government Expanded its Supercomputing Assets in 2021
A number of new and powerful machines are being built and installed for federal agencies.
Emerging Tech
Researchers to Harness America’s First Exascale Supercomputer in Summer 2022
It will be used to pinpoint new patterns in patient data for precision medicine—and more.
Emerging Tech
Navy Wants Biosynthetic Materials to Hit with Fire and Laser Strikes
Officials would also like to see how drones can be benefitted by nature-inspired material.
Modernization
Air Force Chief Software Office Prepares ‘Big Questions’ for Next CSO
A bit has unfolded since the branch's first chief software officer, Nic Chaillan, left the government earlier this year.
Modernization
Defense Logistics Agency Enlists ‘Citizen Developers’ to Grow its RPA Bot Army
The agency currently deploys 40 new bots a year—but has big plans to double that.
Digital Government
Senate Confirms John Sherman as Pentagon’s Tech Chief
He’s poised to steer the Pentagon through a maze of cybersecurity, AI and data challenges.
Emerging Tech
DISA’s milCloud 2.0 to Sunset in Summer 2022
A determination was made amid the agency’s Strategic Program Assessment process.
Digital Government
Special Report: Computing on the Edge
As other infrastructure needs improve—from cloud to 5G networks—agencies are looking at what can be done at the edge, from warehouses to low-Earth orbit.
Digital Government
Legislation Could Mandate DOD to Review How it Categorizes Drones
The lawmaker that proposed it said he hopes to make it easier for the military to operationalize new UAS technologies.
Emerging Tech
Army Plans to Award Millions for Digital Night Vision Technology
The technology would improve servicemembers’ ability to collect, disseminate, display, and respond to digital information.
Digital Government
NDAA Inclusions Prioritize Pentagon Emerging Technology Pursuits
The legislation’s inclusions would mandate new investments across AI, quantum information science, biotechnology and more.
Emerging Tech
Defense Spending Bill Contains ‘Most Significant’ UFO Legislation Since 1960s
The legislation calls for details on reported health issues connected to UAP sightings, ‘transmedium objects,’ those that hover near military nuclear sites—and more.
Artificial Intelligence
DOD to Hire First-Ever Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer, Form New Office
The official will help supervise and integrate disparate AI efforts across the CDO, JAIC and DDS.
Emerging Tech
Space Force Moves to Speedily Buy Constellation of Free-Flying Satellites
The newest military branch is “continually looking to engage with industry to find ‘go faster’ solutions,” according to a division director.
Artificial Intelligence
U.S. Supercomputer to Support Renewable Energy Innovation Coming in 2023
HPE will build Kestrel, named for the American falcon, for an Energy Department lab.
Podcasts
Critical Update: How the National Science Foundation is Innovating for its Innovators
A nascent team is developing platforms that are enabling new discoveries and insight sharing across the federal agency.
Digital Government
Pentagon Moves to Prove the Feasibility of Biomanufacturing in Space
Ethics experts will support a new DARPA project that could pave the way for the Defense Department's first space-based manufacturing option.
Modernization
Energy Department Awards Verizon $34.6M to Modernize its Communications Services
Two new Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions task orders will underpin the work.
Digital Government
Biden Selects Former Air Force Executive to Lead Pentagon Acquisitions
The latest nomination for DOD’s undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment comes almost a year into the role’s vacancy.
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