Congress
The House Appropriations Committee passed its 2021 defense spending bill along party lines, 30-22, including funding for COVID-19 procurement and support for cyber workforce recruitment.
07/15/2020
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Leadership
Back-to-back resignations raise concerns about how things will be run without permanent leadership in key areas from policy to tech development.
07/15/2020
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Unmanned Systems
The Defense Department's innovation arm has fast-tracked $13.4 million in small-drone contracts under the Defense Production Act.
07/15/2020
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Leadership
Defense Secretary Mark Esper names U.S. CTO Michael Kratsios to be acting undersecretary of defense for research and engineering after Michael Griffin's resignation from that post took effect July 10.
07/15/2020
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Cyber
A broad federal prohibition on contractors that use gear from a host of Chinese tech makers goes into effect in mid-August.
07/15/2020
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Leadership
The Defense Department has saved $11 billion in the past two years thanks to reform efforts, said Lisa Hershman, DOD's chief management officer.
07/15/2020
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IT Infrastructure
Wwhile recruits are under restricted movement orders to reduce the spread of COVID-19 , the Navy and Marine Corps are using a distributed learning environment where lessons to recruits are pushed to wireless devices.
07/15/2020
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AI & Analytics
The Pentagon’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center is focused on overlaying AI tools on the military’s mega information-sharing platform effort, called Joint All Domain Command and Control.
07/15/2020
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COVID-19
Major defense company executives are pushing the White House and Pentagon for additional financial relief due to increased costs caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
07/15/2020
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COMMENTARY
Because supply chains are already compromised, agencies must also implement stringent controls ranging from network segmentation to analytics and threat intelligence.
07/10/2020
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IT Infrastructure
Secretary Robert Wilkie also discussed the electronic health care records rollout and VA's need to pay more for certain essential hires.
07/08/2020
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IT Infrastructure
Perspecta is going to the judicial arena in the company's fight for at least another opportunity to try and keep its large NGEN network services contract with the Navy.
07/08/2020
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