Emerging Tech

Navy Drone Refuels Fighter Jet, a Key Step Toward Adding UAVs to Carrier Wings

The MQ-25 T1 Stingray is slated for tests on an aircraft carrier later this year ahead of a planned 2025 deployment.

Emerging Tech

NSF, Tech Companies Partner to Create Post-5G Wireless Systems

They intend to promote the development of resilient and intelligent next-gen networks.

Ideas

Study Shows AI-generated Fake Reports Fool Experts

Misinformation within communities of expertise has the potential for scary outcomes such as delivering incorrect medical advice to doctors and patients.

Emerging Tech

DISA Details Plans to Improve Network for Shift to Zero Trust

The agency's recent request for information also seeks feedback on its acquisition strategy.

Emerging Tech

Defense Secretary Approves JADC2 Strategy

“Now it's delivery time,” Joint Staff J6 Lt. Gen. Dennis Crall said of the department’s plan for a data-centric warfighting network.

Emerging Tech

Biden’s R&D Budget Proposals Look to the Future Not the Now, Experts Say

The request includes spending that could considerably impact America’s scientific enterprise—and stakeholders are feeling cautiously optimistic. 

Emerging Tech

DOD-NTIA Open 5G Challenge Could Lead to New Requirements

A Defense Department official said DOD’s 5G prototyping is also examining the benefits of hardware and software bills of materials to scrutinize the supply chain.

Emerging Tech

How Automation Can Help Agencies Ditch Legacy Systems

Bots come in handy when few other capabilities are available, but they may help agencies bridge to emerging technologies like AI, too.

Emerging Tech

DARPA Calling for AI Proposals to Measure How Authoritarian Regimes Control Information

Tech developed under the program could help the Defense Department react to repressive actions in cyberspace.

Digital Government

IRS Needs Cybersecurity Tools to Secure Its COBOL Apps

The tax collection agency runs some of the oldest IT systems in government and needs cybersecurity tools to match.

Digital Government

What the Biden Budget Includes for the Tech Workforce

The administration’s 2022 budget proposal continues efforts to bolster the federal IT and cybersecurity workforce.

Podcasts

Critical Update: How to Develop Apps for Supercomputers that Don’t Exist Yet

The Energy Department will soon launch machines capable of completing a quintillion calculations a second.

Digital Government

Pentagon May Push Forward With JEDI Litigation

Court documents filed May 28 indicate the legal battle over the JEDI cloud contract could stretch into October.

Digital Government

Biden’s Pentagon Budget Request Focuses on R&D, Forward-Leaning Investments

But getting Congress on board with plans to divest in legacy platforms to fund new capabilities will be a challenge.

Ideas

Smart Toilet Pipes Scan Poop to Gauge Bowel Health

The technology could help doctors monitor how patients are responding to drug or diet treatments.

Digital Government

Final RFP Released for $50B Health IT-Focused CIO-SP4 Contract

The governmentwide IT contract is geared toward health-related programs but can be used by any federal agency.