Cyber

Space Force and cyber

Lt. Gen. John Thompson, commander of the Space and Missile Systems Center under the U.S. Space Force, said cybersecurity was increasingly integral to space missions and changes had to be made to infrastructure contracts.

Congress

Senators warm to idea of more pandemic funds, flexibility for DOD

The Defense Department's chief buying executive addressed accusations of money mismanagement while arguing for more COVID relief during an Oct. 1 Senate hearing. 10/07/2020 Read More
Leadership

Coast Guard's vice commandant tests positive for COVID-19

The vice commandant for the U.S. Coast Guard, Adm. Charles Ray, has tested positive for COVID-19, setting off a wave of self-quarantine procedures for many senior defense officials. 10/07/2020 Read More
People

NDIA appoints Punaro board chair

The National Defense Industrial Association, one of three main trade groups representing government contractors, has appointed a familiar face to chair its board of directors. 10/07/2020 Read More
AI & Analytics

Lawmakers say Pentagon needs to be more aggressive with AI

The Defense Department doesn’t have the right mindset when it comes to artificial intelligence and unmanned systems, the Future Defense Task Force says. 10/07/2020 Read More
Unmanned Systems

GSA adds American-made, defense drones to schedule

Through the  Defense Innovation Unit’s  Blue sUAS initiative, five U.S.-manufactured drone configurations are providing secure options for military and civilian agencies. 10/07/2020 Read More
Oversight

Army needs to analyze OTA use, watchdog finds

A GAO report found that the Army needs to do a thorough analysis of its use of rapid acquisition agreements to make contracting practices more uniform. 10/07/2020 Read More
AI & Analytics

When security matters, sometimes only a digital twin will do

GEMINAI creates a verifiable, privacy-protected synthetic twin of real-world datasets that can be manipulated and analyzed without disturbing or compromising the original data. 10/07/2020 Read More
Cyber

DOD releases interim cybersecurity rule

The rule is designed to ensure DOD contractors are adhering to a uniform standard for protecting controlled unclassified information is protected. But while trade groups representing government and defense contractors have lauded the framework but criticized the implementation and rulemaking process. 09/30/2020 Read More
Connected Warrior

Army experiment highlights need for coders at the edge

After a big experiment using more than 30 different developing technologies at Yuma Proving Ground, the Army is certain it will need two things: more software workers and smaller tactical operating units. 09/30/2020 Read More
Connected Warrior

Coast Guard may soon be carrying handheld translators

Department of Homeland Security has awarded Phase 1 funding to Kynamics to build a portable, standalone language translator. 09/30/2020 Read More
Cyber

CMMC clears key regulatory hurdle

The White House approved an interim rule to mandate defense contractors prove they adhere to existing cybersecurity standards from the National Institute of Standards and Technology. 09/30/2020 Read More