The Department of the Air Force’s (DAF) Office of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) has released a new strategy outlining how it will leverage commercial technology to modernize and secure its IT networks. […]
Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Va., said this week that Congress is increasingly likely to approve a short-term continuing resolution (CR) budget agreement to keep the government funded past the end of the current fiscal year that ends on Sept. 30, as lawmakers work to reconcile their competing versions of the FY2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). […]
The U.S. Navy is narrowing its technology priorities and streamlining its acquisition strategy, according to Acting Navy Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Justin Fanelli who said this week that the service is prioritizing efforts to streamline technology acquisition and accelerate delivery of cutting-edge capabilities as it seeks to keep pace with commercial innovation and growing global threats. […]
Two senior officials at the Department of Defense (DOD) have departed their roles, marking another leadership shake-up at the Pentagon, a DOD official confirmed to MeriTalk today. […]
President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that U.S. Space Command – one of the Defense Department’s (DOD) 11 unified combatant commands – will relocate from Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado to Redstone Arsenal, an Army installation in Huntsville, Ala. […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is calling on the tech and research community to help solve one of quantum computing’s biggest barriers: the inability of quantum systems to communicate and collaborate. […]
The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) has awarded a $48 million contract to Google Public Sector to modernize its global supply chain operations, marking the agency’s first major partnership with a commercial, AI-ready cloud provider. […]
The U.S. Army has authorized a third round of the Deferred Resignation Program (DRP), allowing Army commands to extend offers to civilian employees identified as surplus or occupying positions that could be reassigned to surplus personnel, a U.S. Army spokesperson confirmed to MeriTalk. […]
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Thursday directed the formation of a new task force that would lead the Defense Department’s efforts in developing and deploying counter-unmanned aerial systems (c-UAS) capabilities. […]
The Pentagon will no longer allow Chinese nationals to support Department of Defense (DOD) cloud environments, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in a video posted to X on Aug. 27. […]
The Department of Defense (DOD) is in the process of trimming down its list of critical technologies as part of Chief Technology Officer Emil Michael’s effort to reform how the department delivers tangible results to the warfighter. […]
The U.S. Space Force may soon adopt a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) pilot program designed to ease security clearance barriers for small and nontraditional defense contractors. […]
The Department of Defense is overhauling how it sets military requirements to accelerate the delivery of new technologies, following a directive from Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. […]
Doug Beck resigned Aug. 25 as director of the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), prompting leadership changes at the Pentagon’s tech hub, a Department of Defense (DOD) spokesperson told MeriTalk today. […]
The U.S. Air Force is falling short in managing data license rights in its major weapons system contracts, according to a recent report by the Department of Defense’s (DOD) inspector general (IG). […]
While many government agencies go all-in on cloud, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is turning to storage-as-a-service to deliver readily available maps to warfighters and modernize on-premise environments while cutting costs, a senior Corps official said on Aug. 21. […]
Less than six months after completing its seventh mission, the U.S. Space Force’s X-37B spaceplane is back in orbit for its eighth flight – a classified mission hosting next-gen technology demonstrations for several government partners. […]
The National Security Agency (NSA) has named long-time Pentagon veteran Joseph Francescon as its new deputy director. […]
Jane Rathbun, the Department of the Navy’s chief information officer (CIO), said on Friday that she is stepping down from that role and closing out a public service career that has spanned more than three decades. […]
The Department of Defense’s (DOD) Replicator program has delivered hundreds of autonomous drones to warfighters and put thousands more on contract, marking major progress two years after Replicator’s launch, according to officials familiar with the program. […]
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) will cut its workforce by more than 40% by the end of fiscal year 2025 and reduce its annual budget by over $700 million, the agency announced on Wednesday. […]
The U.S. Marine Corps is seeking private-sector support to deliver counter-unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) training for its elite Force Reconnaissance units with an aim to strengthen their ability to detect and defeat drone threats. […]
The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) has awarded a $250 million contract to Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) to accelerate technological advancements across U.S. military operations. […]
After nearly four decades of military service, U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin announced plans to retire effective Nov. 1, 2025. […]
The Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration (SAF/SQ) has become the new sponsor for Utah State University’s Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL) as part of the Department of Defense’s (DoD) University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) program. […]
Effective immediately, the Defense Department’s (DoD) Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) will report to the Under Secretary for Research and Engineering (USD(R&E)), a defense official confirmed to MeriTalk today. […]
Sharon Woods, the director of the Defense Information Systems Agency’s (DISA) J6 Command, Control, Communications, and Computers (C4) Enterprise Directorate, has stepped down from that role and Federal government service. […]
As the U.S. Space Force (USSF) continues to chart its future course and expand its operational reach, its acquisition field command is activating several new units – known as Systems Deltas (SYD) – in the coming months to consolidate acquisition efforts under mission-focused commands. […]
The U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) has awarded CACI a $1.64 billion contract to provide tech support for military transportation systems, the Pentagon announced on Aug. 11. […]
The U.S. Space Force (USSF) on Aug. 12 launched a testbed satellite for experimental position, navigation and timing (PNT) technologies – marking a milestone that comes after years of development and certification delays. […]