Emerging Tech
FAA Certifies UPS to Operate Nation’s First Drone-Delivery Airline
The company’s subsidiary will expand its unmanned aircraft operation to transport potentially life-saving medical supplies.
Emerging Tech
The Future of the Marines Is Smaller, More Robotic, More Naval
The new Commandant of the Marine Corps lays out a vision for high-tech force that will often operate like special forces.
Emerging Tech
Air Force CXO: We Don’t Have to Delight the User
Colt Whittall, the Air Force’s first chief experience officer, talks with Nextgov about the new role and what it will take to provide a better user experience for airmen.
Emerging Tech
Agencies Offer Sneak Peeks into Their 5G Plans
From fixing planes before they break to doctors performing surgery in real time from two continents, agency officials are already looking at how faster connections could change their missions.
Modernization
Legacy Systems Held DHS' Biometrics Programs Back. Not Anymore.
The cloud-based HART system, which will house data on hundreds of millions of people, promises to significantly expand the department’s use of facial recognition and other biometric software, as well as its partnerships with external agencies.
Emerging Tech
A Federal Privacy Board Is Reviewing DHS’ Airport Facial Recognition Programs
An agency shared new details around its recent observations of one TSA biometrics pilot—and what it aims to assess in a comprehensive report it’s generating over the course of the next year.
Emerging Tech
Local Law Enforcement Should Be Able to Protect Airports From Drones, Report Says
To address security risks, a task force recommends that Congress authorize local law enforcement to take down drones flown too close to airports.
Emerging Tech
Wi-Fi System Identifies People Through Walls By Their Walk
A new system uses video of a person walking to identify that person through walls using two WiFi transceivers.
Emerging Tech
NASA Hands Elon Musk a Reality Check
A shared effort to deliver NASA astronauts to space recently got a little awkward.
Podcasts
Critical Update: A Quantum Leap
Quantum computers will be able to crack our encryption but when?
Digital Government
It’s Finally Here: GSA’s New Consolidated Schedule
The solicitation will begin the process of turning 24 award schedules into a single contracting vehicle for products and services.
Ideas
What's at Stake in Trump's War on Huawei: Control of the Global Computer-Chip Industry
It's not just about 5G.
Emerging Tech
Air Force Wants Custom-Built Online Game Environment to Test Out New Capabilities
The branch will host a three-phase interactive challenge to identify possible solutions.
Ideas
The Case for Commercial Solutions in Government
The applications an agency is looking for are very likely already on the market, cost-effective and field-proven.
Cybersecurity
Lawmakers Propose $1 Billion Purge of Chinese Telecom Equipment
The Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act would help small and rural providers pay to replace equipment from Huawei, ZTE and other foreign vendors with safer alternatives.
Emerging Tech
DHS Awards Blockchain Contract to Fight Forgeries in Immigration
The agency awarded a phase one contract that tasks an Austrian company with providing a new level of interoperability across the Homeland Security Department’s siloed efforts.
Emerging Tech
Energy to Fund Critical Infrastructure Projects for Native American Communities
Formal applications will open by November’s end.
Digital Government
The World Wants Less Tech. Amazon Gives It More.
The world’s largest online retailer is diving headfirst into the techlash.
Emerging Tech