The Senate on Thursday confirmed Katie Sutton to be the Pentagon’s new assistant secretary of defense (ASD) for cyber policy in a 51 to 47 vote. Sutton was confirmed alongside several other nominees for senior technology and national security posts. […]

Two of the Trump administration’s nominees to serve in key tech-related roles at the Department of Defense (DoD) told lawmakers during their nomination hearing on Thursday that they plan to speed acquisitions in emerging capabilities areas such as artificial intelligence, microelectronics, and quantum science, among others. […]

Brent Ingraham, the Pentagon’s acting deputy undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment, has been nominated as the next U.S. Army acquisition chief. […]