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Made in the USA: Defense companies tense as Congress pressures them to buy domestic
A draft version of the 2025 defense authorization act has several provisions targeting China-made critical materials.
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The Air Force needs more in-house coders
Andrew Hunter, the service’s lead buyer, said adding experts on staff would make the government a better software customer.
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Why DOD’s network agency is SATCOM-curious
The Defense Information Systems Agency is experimenting with multiple satellite communications providers as it works to make the network more resilient.
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The Pentagon’s brewing a build-a-cloud program for defense agencies
The young platform, dubbed Olympus, is designed for self-service commercial cloud needs.
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There’s ‘still more work to be done’ for DOD on AI
The Pentagon has started to use the technology, but challenges lie ahead.
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The Navy is embedding info-warfare chiefs in recruiting commands
It’s part of a new initiative to attract and retain young tech talent.
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Air Force adds two EW squadrons
The new squadrons will focus on software capabilities and defending against spoofed signals.
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Air Force picks the builder of its next Doomsday planes
Sierra Nevada gets a $13 billion contract to replace the E-4B Nighthawk by 2036.
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The Army is trying to identify all the obstacles to adopting AI in 100 days
Launched in March, the effort is looking at poisoned datasets, adversarial attacks, Trojans, and more.
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Doctors prefer Pentagon's old health-records system to its new one
User satisfaction "increased minimally" last year for MHS Genesis, the electronic-records system installed under a 2015 contract, a GAO survey found.
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Three firms will vie for Marines' $249M loitering-munitions buy
The Organic Precision Fires-Light contract aims to get the weapons to infantry units by 2027.
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Space Force outlines vision for hybrid military-commercial-allied mission architectures
New strategy offers guidance on what the USSF wants to buy, but not how much it plans to spend.
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New spy-satellite constellation begins launch next month
Seven operational satellites are planned this year, and more through 2028, a senior NRO leader said.
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Drones, maps, and storm-tracking in the Pacific
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is working with partner nations in the Indo-Pacific to map the region as part of the Biden administration’s push for security.
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The Navy wants to make info-warfare training ubiquitous
The plan is to open three new training centers and integrate nearly two dozen systems into the live, virtual, constructive training environment.
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The Pentagon wants to help boost cybersecurity for small contractors
A new strategy outlines how the Defense Department plans to increase security and strengthen relationships across the industrial base.
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Preparing for electronic warfare is the Army’s top cyber priority in 2024
Troops could have a backpack capability in the next six months—as long as Congress passes a budget.
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Sprouts of promise bud in NATO’s tech incubator
Hopeful seedlings include improvements in energy resilience and storage.
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Does TikTok need a new parent company? Senator mulls implications
The White House is pushing the Senate to pass a TikTok ban bill that swept through the House last week.
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Today’s battles happen at the pace of software. The Pentagon needs to hit the accelerator
Experts tell lawmakers where the bottlenecks are.
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