Cybersecurity

DOD looks to publish software blacklist

The Defense Department is working with congressional constraints on information it can share with defense industrial base regarding restricted vendors.

Acquisition

Air Force pushes fast-tracked ATOs

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.

Cybersecurity

Shanahan: 'We get out-recruited' for cyber talent

Congress wants DOD to onboard more cyber warriors, but they're hard to keep around.

Cybersecurity

Navy mulls punishment for cyber neglect

The Navy is looking at punitive measures for careless users to get them to take basic cyber hygiene seriously.

Modernization

Army innovation lab experiments with 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.

Acquisition

DOD looks to unify software spending for 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.

Modernization

Womack renews objections to JEDI cloud

At a May 1 funding hearing, Rep. Steve Womack (R-Ark.) said he wants the Pentagon to consider multicloud options for the $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure program.

Cybersecurity

Army multi-domain task force could spell acquisition changes

A new focus on interoperability with allies and partners could alter buying practices as it matures.

Modernization

DOD's AI hub looks to push out new solutions

Defense Department CIO Dana Deasy said the Joint AI Center plans new capabilities for fiscal year 2020.

Modernization

Can battlefield drones spot threats to troops?

Army Lt. Col. Philip Root, the acting deputy director for DARPA’s Tactical Technology Office, explains how the DOD plans to operationalize autonomous systems, forever changing the human-machine relationship.

Modernization

Aviation automation climbs new heights with ALIAS

The Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System is expected to complete its first fly-by-wire experiment as early as May.

Digital Government

Senators wonder why we need Space Force

Lawmakers are worried about more bureaucracy and overlap, and some missing pieces to the Space Force plan.

Modernization

JEDI cloud deal 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.

Cybersecurity

National Guard looks to industry for weekend cyber warriors

The National Guard wants to increase cybersecurity capacity by attracting exiting servicemembers and full-time private-sector professionals.

Cybersecurity

Air Force to roll out new cyber job category

The Air Force plans to roll out new workforce categories, including cyber, this summer, according to Secretary Heather Wilson.

Modernization

Army lab builds AI robots for situational awareness

The Army Research Laboratory is tinkering with unmanned AI-driven robots that can scan a scene for enhanced warfighter awareness.

Modernization

DOD AI chief: 'Grave misperceptions' about military programs

The head of the Defense Department's Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, Lt. Gen. John Shanahan, said misunderstandings stymie much-needed discourse around emerging tech.

Cybersecurity

Shanahan names cyber as top modernization priority

In March 26 testimony to Congress, acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan pointed to cyber modernization as a key element of DOD's $750 billion top-line budget request.

Modernization

Army preps for high-tech radio upgrade

As part of the service's 10-year network modernization plan, the Army Network Cross Functional Team will begin pushing solutions for its integrated tactical network starting in fiscal 2020 with deliverables beginning in 2021.

Modernization

JRSS procurement budget drops while Pentagon IT spending increases

The Joint Regional Security Stacks program’s buying budget could be cut in half to $88 million.