As the NSA is gearing up to hire about 3,000 new employees some of the officials in the agency warned that there will be volume and skills challenges ahead of this endeavor. […]
U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville today voiced his support for the Army’s use of augmented reality (AR) headsets, saying the service branch needs to “be persistent” with them in order to transform how soldiers operate on the battlefield. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) has fallen behind the private sector in recruiting civilian talent and it has no solid strategy to catch up, according to a March 17th Defense Business Board (DBB) study. […]
President Biden’s proposed $842 billion fiscal year (FY) 2024 budget request for the Department of Defense (DoD) includes the largest-ever research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) funding at $145 billion, and $13.5 billion for cyberspace-related activity. […]
The U.S. Marine Corps said on March 10 that it is launching its Marine Corps Software Factory (MCSWF) as a three-year pilot project that aims to develop a Marine-led software development capability and evaluate demand and requirements for the factory effort’s services. […]
The Department of the Navy’s chief data officer (CDO) said this week that his office’s number one priority is shifting the way Navy employees think about data. […]
The Department of Defense’s cloud plan for 2023 is all about building out the tactical edge beyond U.S. borders, according to a top department official. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) employs approximately 2.8 million people – civilian, active duty military, national guard, and reservist – and to support such a large workforce, Pentagon officials are using digital services to ensure the wellness of their employees and build a supportive workforce culture. […]
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is taking a fresh crack at trying to guide the Defense Department (DoD) toward fixing the agency’s business and financial systems so that it can finally produce a clean annual audit. […]
The U.S. Navy’s new top tech official said today that she is looking at continuing to boost the service branch’s infrastructure and communications technology abilities, and pressing ahead with cybersecurity improvements as among her top agenda items. […]
The Department of the Navy has seen the fruition of operating in a hybrid work environment in the post-pandemic era and continues to deploy more hybrid environment capabilities. But in a hybrid environment, the service branch needs to be laser-focused on information security, according to a senior department official. […]
U.S. Air Force Chief Information Officer (CIO) Lauren Knausenberger is stepping down from her post in June, an Air Force spokesperson confirmed to MeriTalk today. […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) just celebrated its 65th birthday earlier this month, and DARPA’s director of the Mission Services Office explained this week that the agency has a unique model and culture “you can’t create overnight.” […]
The U.S. Army is utilizing AI technologies to train its workforce and develop predictive AI models, a top U.S. Army official shared today at the Digital Transformation Summit in Reston, Va., organized by MeriTalk and ACT-IAC. […]
The Space Development Agency (SDA) is seeking an industry partner to develop, implement, and sustain a Battle Management Command, Control, and Communications (BMC3) application factory, according to a solicitation released on Feb. 14. […]
Longtime intelligence community and Defense Department (DoD) leader Jennifer Hay recently took over as the new principal deputy at the agency’s Directorate of Digital Services (DDS) – which falls under the Chief Digital and AI Office (CDAO). […]
Harness, a San Francisco-based provider of software delivery platforms, said last week that several of its product modules have been accepted into Platform One, which the U.S. Air Force operates as its DevSecOps platform. […]
The U.S. Army Contracting Command-Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG) is asking industry about their experience with augmented reality, command, control, communicate, and coordinate (ARC4) software, and their ability to provide those capabilities to the service branch, according to a request for information (RFI) posted on Feb. 15 to Sam.gov. […]
The U.S. Army is looking for new autonomous technology to support military efforts in its Maneuver Support Capability Development Integration Directorate (MS CDID), according to a request posted Feb. 14 on Sam.gov. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) inspector general (IG) said it recently found several unauthorized applications running on DoD-issued mobile devices meant to be used for official business only, and recommended a range of policy actions to stop that practice. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) is experimenting with AI technologies to help with contract writing and other ways to speed up Federal acquisition processes, a Pentagon official said this week. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) is beginning a new effort to update and improve management practices. […]
The director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) said today that the agency is facing challenges when it comes to overload in data – a situation that he described as only the “tip of the iceberg” – and suggested that’s where artificial intelligence needs to come into play as a solution. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) is collaborating with the Department of Commerce to launch their latest 5G competition, putting up to $7 million on the table to accelerate the adoption of 5G wireless solutions, the DoD announced on Feb 2. […]
The Army Futures Command (AFC) is looking to the private sector for insight into a range of potential technology capabilities to deploy as part of AFC’s Technology Gateway program this fall, according to a Feb. 3 special notice published on Sam.gov. […]
U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Bill Chase, deputy commander of Joint Force Headquarters-Department of Defense Information Network (JFHQ-DODIN) this week outlined a list of the command’s cybersecurity goals for 2023. […]
The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) has awarded Lumen Technologies a $223 million contract to provide secure, mission-critical communications services to the Department of Defense (DoD). […]
When the coronavirus pandemic emerged, the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) was well-postured to take on the challenge of hybrid work. But the agency still has more work to do to meet that continued operational challenge, according to an agency official. […]
In today’s world, national security threats can come in many different forms – ranging from adversaries exploiting social media, IT, and other aspects of the information environment. The Pentagon has training in place to help leaders to operate in this environment, but a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report says the agency lacks guidance to go along with the training, leaving leaders confused about what topics to cover – and possibly unable to make effective decisions. […]
Fundamentally, the job of an intelligence analyst hasn’t changed; but what has changed is the increased collaboration between analysts and data stewards and operators, according to a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) official who talked this week about the ongoing evolution of that collaboration. […]