Science & Tech
US Army to Study How Humans Team With AI
A new contract will focus on the teaming aspect of artificial intelligence in warfare by analyzing how humans and machines think when working together.
Policy
Congress Hears Options—And Concerns—for Using Smartphone Data to Fight Coronavirus
Other countries have been using various forms of location- and proximity-tracing to slow the spread of the disease, with widely varying levels of privacy protections.
Science & Tech
Border Patrol Seeks Automated Sensors to Cover Watery Blindspots
Homeland Security is looking for tech that can help border agents spot illegal watercraft — and decide what to do about them.
Threats
Security Clearance Backlog Hits Long-Awaited ‘Steady State’
About 200,000 people are waiting for background investigations, which lawmakers called a welcome, "sustainable" level.
Science & Tech
US Space Force Lists 20 Tough Problems for 1st Pitch Day
The military’s newest branch invites industry to bring solutions on March 4. Officials want to move quickly if they see something they like.
Science & Tech
CBP Reverses Course on Mandatory Facial Scans for US Citizens
After criticism from Congress and privacy advocates, the border security agency says it will pull back a proposed rule change.
Science & Tech
CBP Aims to Sweep US Citizens into Facial-Recognition Program
A proposed rule change would no longer allow citizens and green card holders to opt out of Customs and Border Protection’s biometrics program.
Science & Tech
Meet the US Air Force's 1st Chief Experience Officer
The service hired digital consultant Colt Whittall to improve the digital tools that airmen use to fix things and fight.
Science & Tech
US to Deploy Anti-Drone Defenses Along US-Mexico Border
The manufacturer says its Titan system hijacks incoming drones' control signals, then tells them to land or return to base.
Science & Tech
US Testing Autonomous Border-Patrol Drones
Planck Aerosystems gets funding to try its small rotorcraft in operational environments over the next three to six months.
Science & Tech
CBP Wants Technology To Spot Everything Crossing the US Border
The single solution should be able to detect anything crossing the northern or southern borders between ports of entry and immediately alert border patrol agents.
Science & Tech
US Air Force Wants Wargames that Simulate Lasers, Electromagnetic Weapons
The sims are meant to teach airmen about these new weapons and help the Air Force develop new tactics and procedures.
Science & Tech
Pentagon Will Default To Trusting Other Agencies’ Cloud Security Assessments
DoD, which has had success reusing other agencies’ authorizations, will make reciprocity the rule rather than the exception.
Science & Tech
White House Updates National Artificial Intelligence Strategy
The updated National Artificial Intelligence Research and Development Strategic Plan adds an additional priority to the seven outlined in the plan from the Obama administration.
Science & Tech
Border Patrol Wants Robots that Can Go Underground and Report Back
Homeland Security is looking for innovative robots that can navigate underground tunnels and communicate with headquarters.
Science & Tech
US Seeks Technology to Help Allies Avoid Bombing Civilians
Pentagon officials are looking for tools and methods that can be declassified and shared with international partners.
Science & Tech
ICE Wants To Track Electronic Devices — Through Time
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is soliciting for a cloud-based system that can geolocate devices using multiple sources, including apps.
Science & Tech
Six New Technologies NRO Wants
The spy agency is offering up to half a million dollars for promising prototypes.
Threats
After Executive Order, Trump Administration Puts More Pressure On Huawei
The Chinese telecom company can no longer buy U.S. tech without a waiver, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross announced Thursday.
Threats
State-Sponsored Breaches of US Government Networks Rose 168% Last Year: Report
“Cyber-espionage is rampant in the public sector," Verizon analysts wrote in their annual study of data breaches.
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