President Biden has nominated Tonya P. Wilkerson to serve as the under secretary of defense for intelligence and security, the White House announced on May 2. […]

The Pentagon is requesting $17.2 billion to fund science and technology (S&T) projects in fiscal year (FY) 2025, with most of that money designated for artificial intelligence (AI), space technology projects, and integrated sensing and cyber efforts, according to the Defense Department’s (DoD) technology chief. […]

In preparing to defend against threats from adversaries worldwide, the U.S. Army is relying on digital twinning techniques to ensure that service members “train like they fight,” Army Sergeant Major Lonnie Dunbar III said at ManTech’s TechShare 2024 conference in Washington on May 1. […]

Former Commander of the United States European Command said today there are key elements the U.S. needs to safeguard national security: the awareness of a jellyfish, the speed and agility of a cheetah, and the willingness to hold up that boulder like Greek mythological figure Sisyphus. […]

The Defense Information Security Agency (DISA) rolled out a five-year strategy today that outlines its priorities in response to the Department of Defense’s (DoD) evolving threats and needs. […]

The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) appointed combat veteran Liz Young McNally to serve as the new deputy director for commercial operations, the organization announced Monday. […]

The U.S. Air Force is calling on industry for solutions to improve the service branch’s sensor architecture and degrade adversaries’ ability to target U.S. forces. […]

For the first time ever, an experimental fighter jet squared off against an F-16 aircraft in an artificial intelligence (AI) – fueled simulated dogfight, the U.S. Air Force and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced last week. […]

The U.S. Navy official in charge of creating improved customer experience (CX) within the military service branch is expecting “big changes” to result from that effort. […]

The Department of Defense (DoD) is giving defense agencies fresh direction on achieving continuous authorization for DevSecOps platforms. […]

The Department of the Navy (DoN) announced it swore in Anne Marie Schumann on Monday as the department’s principal cyber advisor (PCA). […]

The U.S. Army is turning to industry for input on how to best merge three of its largest IT services contracts, according to a request for information (RFI) posted to SAM.gov last week. […]

Two and a half years ago, the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) embarked on a journey to leverage robotic process automation (RPA) technologies to streamline processes, improve workforce performance, and enhance efficiency. […]

The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) has artificial intelligence (AI) on the brain, and coming in first on the list of the agency’s lineup of new AI-driven projects is “Concierge AI” – a new tool that integrates data with AI. […]

The Department of Defense (DoD) last week established a new advisory group to guide and improve how it delivers capability-enhancing technologies into the hands of warfighters. […]

Jon Rosenwasser has been chosen to serve as the new Intelligence Community Chief Financial Officer (IC CFO) for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). […]

With Federal agencies beginning to implement AI across their operations, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) – the main research and development agency of the Department of Defense (DoD) – is looking to speed up its efforts to fold AI innovators and contractors into the agency’s research work.  […]

The Department of the Air Force’s CIO office has named Keith Hardiman director of enterprise information technology, according to a LinkedIn post. […]

The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) – an agency of the Department of Defense (DoD) that handles most of the Federal government’s personnel security vetting tasks – has chosen Edward Lane to serve as the new program executive officer (PEO) at DCSA. […]

The National Security Agency (NSA) issued a cybersecurity information sheet (CIS) on Monday to share best practices for deploying secure and resilient AI systems. […]

U.S. Army Chief Information Officer (CIO) Leo Garciga released a new policy earlier this month that aims to create a “chain of responsibility” around the service branch’s data to guide how the Army can manage it efficiently and effectively. […]

The National Security Agency (NSA) issued a cybersecurity information sheet (CIS) on April 9 detailing recommendations for maturing data security and enforcing access to data in transit and at rest. […]

The U.S. Space Force released a new plan on April 10 that realigns and reprioritizes the service branch’s steps to better integrate commercial space capabilities. […]

The U.S. Air Force has tapped Chandra Donelson to serve as the service branch’s acting chief data and artificial intelligence officer within the Office of the Chief Information Officer (CIO). […]

U.S. Cyber Command (CYBERCOM) deployed its digital force 22 times on “hunt forward” missions to over a dozen countries in 2023, Lt. Gen. Timothy Haugh – who heads Cyber Command – told lawmakers during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on April 10. […]

The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is seeking industry input on artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) models, tools, and services to improve its Defensive Cyber Operations (DCO). […]

The U.S. Army officially launched its Unified Data Reference Architecture (UDRA) 1.0 after teasing the program late last year. UDRA 1.0 focuses on simplifying the Army’s data architecture and streamlining data products across mission partnerships. […]

John Beieler has been tapped to serve as the intelligence community’s first chief AI officer, an Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) spokesperson confirmed to MeriTalk today. […]

General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) has been awarded a $922 million contract by the General Services Administration to modernize U.S. Central Command’s (CENTCOM) enterprise IT infrastructure. […]

The Department of Defense (DoD) officially approved zero trust implementation plans from all of its components last month, and the agency is now looking to focus on “minimum viable solutions” for the plans by tackling specific security-related issues each year. […]