Congress

Defense budget fight coming, Ernst says

The defense top-line budget will be a point of contention between the Republican-led Senate and Democrat-led House as they resolve their differences with the 2020 defense authorization bill, a leading lawmaker said on Tuesday.

AI & Analytics

DOD artificial intelligence center to take on cyber defense

The Defense Department’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center has its eye on autonomous cyber defenses as one of the JAIC's top project areas to solve due to robust acquisition and a "tremendous amount of data". 06/06/2019 Read More
IT Infrastructure

Perspecta protests elimination from DOD's $6.5B telecom contract

The Defense Department cut Perspecta from list of competitors for a potential 10-year, $6.5 billion contract to support its information and telecommunications network, the Global Solutions Management Operations II. 06/05/2019 Read More
IT Infrastructure

Agile is DOD’s only path to innovation

Agile defense agencies can develop more resilient applications and build cultures centered around innovation and continuous deployment. 06/05/2019 Read More
Cyber

House defense bill targets cyber education, accountability

House defense panels think DOD's cyber recruiting efforts -- and cyber tools -- are too spread out to be effective. 06/05/2019 Read More
Cloud

Oracle ramps up JEDI cloud conflict accusations

Oracle increases pressure on DOD's warfighter cloud buy with more conflicts of interest claims. 06/05/2019 Read More
AI & Analytics

Lawmakers push on AI in draft defense bill

The Defense Department's heavy investment in artificial intelligence means more congressional oversight to make sure the emerging tech isn't just a buzzword. 06/04/2019 Read More
IT Infrastructure

Apps are the new IT systems, says Air Force chief software officer

Rather than rebuild legacy IT systems from scratch, The work legacy IT systems do can be replaced with applications, according the Air Force's chief software officer. 06/04/2019 Read More
IT Infrastructure

House puts NBIB shift under scrutiny in draft defense bill

Priorities are shifting as Democrats roll out their first House defense bill in nearly a decade. 06/03/2019 Read More
Cyber

Congress wants transparency when it comes to cyberwar

A subcommittee mark of the upcoming National Defense Authorization Act requires the military to notify Congress when using its expanded offensive cyber authorities. 06/03/2019 Read More
AI & Analytics

Army acquisition head looks at AI to upgrade logistics

Army acquisition head Bruce Jette is looking to leverage modernization efforts including AI and automation to improve logistics. 05/30/2019 Read More
Cloud

DARPA ushers geospatial analytics into cloud

DARPA and Maxar are collaborating to bring more geospatial analytics to the cloud as technologies and customer desires drive new business models. 05/29/2019 Read More
Cloud

DISA tests cloud-based internet isolation

A prototype solution moves web browsing from the desktop to the cloud, effectively putting an “air gap” between the internet and enterprise networks and improving bandwidth utilization. 05/28/2019 Read More