AI & Analytics

What DOD's data scientists are discovering

Recruiting top analytical talent into government is tough, the Pentagon's top management officer says, but the payoffs can be big.

Defense IT

Army selects NIH contract vehicle for new enterprise capability

NITAAC gets the nod for procuring support services. 02/27/2019 Read More
Analysis

Conflict-of-interest charge threatens to derail JEDI

The Defense Department is reconsidering whether conflict-of-interest charges had an impact on the integrity of the contract. 02/26/2019 Read More
Defense IT

GAO questions Pentagon's software spending data

The Department of Defense's estimated $828 million spend weapons systems software sustainment in fiscal year 2018 may be a little off. 02/26/2019 Read More
Unmanned Systems

DARPA trying to make autonomous systems more trustworthy

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency wants autonomous systems that can evaluate how well they're doing a specific task and explain that to their human partners. 02/25/2019 Read More
Cloud

DOD acknowledges possible conflict of interest on JEDI procurement

The issue involves an individual who worked for both AWS and that Defense Digital Service. 02/25/2019 Read More
Defense

DISA works to make JRSS faster, more reliable

After a scathing internal evaluation, the Defense Information Systems Agency said it is working to resolve latency and reliability issues in the Joint Regional Security Stacks program. 02/22/2019 Read More
Opinion

Is it the end of the line for CIOs in DOD?

The Section 809 report offers an opportunity to reflect on the future of federal agency tech leaders, but reports on the impending demise of CIOs at DOD may be exaggerated. 02/20/2019 Read More
Cloud

JEDI protest paused over conflict-of-interest questions

The allegations stem from the participation of two individuals in the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure procurement with strong ties to Amazon Web Services. 02/19/2019 Read More
Defense

Nakasone: Cyber Command needs to grow

U.S. Cyber Commander Gen. Paul Nakasone said that with the current state of threats, he expects the cyber mission force to expand beyond 133 teams. 02/15/2019 Read More
COMMENTARY

DOD must embrace cross-domain security and continuous monitoring

Cross-domain and risk-adaptive security can mitigate threats, fortify networks and clouds and keep missions on track. 02/15/2019 Read More
Defense

DOD wants to 'change the way we do software development'

Assistant Secretary for Defense Acquisition Kevin Fahey said his office is planning to scrap DOD 5000 acquisition requirements and starting from scratch with an eye to being more digital ready. 02/13/2019 Read More
AI & Analytics

DOD sketches strategy for AI

On the heels of the White House executive order on artificial intelligence, the Defense Department released its plan for securing AI capabilities to support the warfighter. 02/13/2019 Read More