The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) has awarded a $375 million prime contract to Leidos to help the agency with intelligence, technical, financial, and management services, according to a July 19 press release. […]

The U.S. military is leaning into utilizing “megaconstellations” – which consist of large numbers of distributed satellites – to provide service branches with critical capabilities against adversaries, according to Gen. James Dickinson, who heads U.S. Space Command. […]

The U.S. Army has awarded Accenture Federal Services a $94 million contract to maintain and transform the agency’s Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM) system. […]

The National Security Agency (NSA) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released new guidance on July 17 that provides recommendations to protect against threats to 5G standalone network slicing. […]

With the continued growth of open-source technology, the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) has been taking steps to address how the technology should be managed and how to train intelligence community (IC) personnel for its use, a DIA official said on July 14. […]

The House on July 14 narrowly approved its version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2024 by a margin of 219-210, after voting on amendments offered by lawmakers – condensed from more than 1,500 to 370 – earlier in the week. […]

The House began debate today on 80 additional amendments to the fiscal year (FY) 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which were brought to the floor after the House Rules Committee met late Wednesday night to pass a rule covering this second tranche of provisions deemed more controversial than yesterday’s batch of amendments. […]

House members today grilled officials from the Department of Defense (DoD) on a long-standing and vexing issue for Congress – the Pentagon’s inability to produce a clean audit opinion on its financial statements since that requirement went into effect for Federal agencies in 1990. […]

The full House began debate today on the fiscal year (FY) 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and some of the 1,500 amendments to the legislation filed by lawmakers. […]

As the U.S. Air Force and Space Force move toward expanding their Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS), the service branches are looking to brew up competition among private sector organizations of all sizes to grow ABMS capabilities, said Gen. Luke Cropsey, the Air Force’s Integrating Program Executive Officer for Command, Control, Communications, and Battle Management. […]

The U.S Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) is looking for industry’s help to create a system in which the Army can forecast “near-term enemy courses of action (ECOA) based on current Situational Awareness (SA)” according to the new request for information (RFI). […]

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) is preparing to release a brand-new National Intelligence Strategy (NIS), providing the Intelligence Community (IC) with strategic direction for the next four years. […]

Greg Little is stepping down from his post as the Pentagon’s inaugural deputy chief digital and artificial intelligence officer (CDAO) for enterprise platforms and business optimization, a spokesperson for the Defense Department’s (DoD) Office of the Secretary of Defense confirmed to MeriTalk today. […]

The Defense Department’s (DoD) Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) component awarded a $94 million contract on July 5 to General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) to finish the final phase of an agency project to create an armed air-launched drone system. […]

The Pentagon’s Cyber Command (CYBERCOM) foreign cyber threat sharing program is looking to double the number of private sector partnerships it has this year. […]

The Pentagon’s Defense Health Agency (DHA) has awarded Accenture Federal Services a five-year, $98 million contract to support the agency’s Joint Medical Common Operating Picture (MedCOP). […]

The Defense Department (DoD) said it plans to take a lengthy list of actions to improve internal data security protocols – including some “immediate” improvements on physical security and data sharing – following a 45-day review launched in April to examine how secret information is handled and managed by the military. […]

The United States Air Force has awarded Maxar a $20 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to boost the capabilities of its Red Wing geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) platform through new algorithms and other advancements including AI tech. […]

The Department of Defense (DoD) has published a list of foreign entities engaged in what the Pentagon views as “problematic activity” – including interfering or influencing DoD-funded research and development (R&D) efforts at higher education institutions – in advance of additional restrictions that begin next year on funding academic research that does not guard against foreign influence.  […]

The U.S. military is preparing to publish a new doctrine later this month that will help accelerate its joint warfighting and modernization efforts, and according to a top Pentagon official, a new Joint Futures organization could help push those efforts forward for the long term.  […]

The Space Development Agency (SDA) released its final request for proposals for procurement of 100 satellites that the agency will use to expand its military constellation system. […]

Amber Chaudhry, acting chief experience officer at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), has left her position at the department, according to her LinkedIn posting. […]

The Department of Defense (DoD) has failed to broadly communicate information about the available financial flexibilities that can be used department-wide to support research and development (R&D), innovation, and modernization efforts, a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report says. […]

The Department of Defense (DoD) has already begun integrating AI into its warfighting capabilities – including the Navy leveraging simulations to support modern training. Despite the rapid deployment of the emerging technology, the Pentagon has failed to issue department-wide AI acquisitions guidance, a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report revealed today. The watchdog agency called on […]

With the importance of cybersecurity and IT taking center stage across the Federal landscape, three agency chief technology officers (CTO) talked this week about actions they are taking to help meet their organizations’ cybersecurity needs. […]

The U.S. Army has appointed Leonel Garciga to be its next chief information officer (CIO), filling a key IT position within the services that has been vacant for several months, according to a June 26 announcement. […]

The Senate Armed Services Committee on June 23 advanced its version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year (FY) 2024 by a vote of 24-1. […]

The Department of Defense (DoD) – which employs over one-third of the entire Federal civilian workforce – is facing challenges trying to ensure its workforce is diverse and reflects the people it serves, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO). […]

The House Armed Services Committee in a late-night vote on June 21 approved the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year (FY) 2024 by a tally of 58-1, following a 17-hour markup session. […]

The Department of Defense (DoD) is looking to industry for ways to provide an efficient means of measuring user trust in AI-enabled systems. […]