Ideas
Don’t Call It an ‘Arms Race’: U.S.-China AI Competition Is Not Winner-Takes-All
The most common framing of the two countries’ artificial-intelligence development is dangerous.
Modernization
Want to Work with Air Force’s Kessel Run? Better Move Fast.
The experimental lab is looking for partners to supply “the best software developers in the world.”
Artificial Intelligence
Inside the Pentagon's Big Plans to Develop Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence
The defense research agency has a list of research areas and a nimble contracting process to help achieve its vision.
Cybersecurity
Researcher: The West Isn’t Ready for the Coming Wave of Chinese Misinformation
Beijing’s social-media operations are larger and more effective than many realize.
Ideas
What the Pentagon's Partnership with Homeland Security Means for Other Agencies' Cybersecurity
By working together, our government can provide a unified front in the face of an evolving threat landscape.
Cybersecurity
Pentagon’s Cyber Mission Force Needs Better Training Plan
A government watchdog found flaws in the Defense Department’s transition from building its Cyber Mission Force to maintaining it.
Policy
Background Investigations Tech Team Reassigned from DISA to Defense Security Service
By mid-summer, the National Background Investigations Service technical team will be under a new office as part of major shifts in the security clearance process.
Cybersecurity
NSA-Cyber Command Chief Recommends No Split Until 2020: Sources
That’s another delay for a separation planned several Defense Secretaries ago.
Emerging Tech
DARPA Highlights 10 Focus Areas for Innovative Small Businesses
The agency also stood up an in-house startup accelerator to propel the most promising tech to the commercial market.
Policy
Legislative Hurdle Delays U.S. Space Command Stand-Up
Pentagon can’t move ahead until Congress repeals a provision in the 2019 defense authorization act.
Digital Government
The Security Clearance Process Is About to Get Its Biggest Overhaul in 50 Years
Intelligence and human capital officials are about to make the rounds to show off Trusted Workforce 2.0, a framework to completely change how the government makes security clearance determinations.
Digital Government
Security Clearance Delays Are Hurting the Pentagon's Tech Workforce
The Defense Department is also looking to build out its recruitment staff, officials told Congress.
Digital Government
What You Don’t Know About the Pentagon’s DEOS Contract
The Pentagon’s other multibillion cloud contract has gone through some major changes in the last year.
Emerging Tech
Are America’s Companies Ready to Fight Russia & China? New Study Aims to Find Out.
Reagan Institute panel sets out to identify the ‘National Security Innovation Base’ from workforce skills to technologies, labs, companies and academia.
Emerging Tech
Pentagon Wants Satellites That Can Dodge Incoming Fire
As China and Russia move to weaponize space, the U.S. military is working to give its constellations a “fighting chance.”
Emerging Tech
Microsoft Stands By Its $480 Million Pentagon Contract
The company reaffirmed its commitment to provide the Army with augmented reality headsets despite resistance from employees.
Modernization
Pentagon Investigating Whether Amazon Employee Tilted JEDI Contract
The department’s investigation into potential conflicts of interest regarding the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure contract could push the award date back as much as three months.
Artificial Intelligence
DARPA Wants AI to Tell You When It's Dumb
In high-stakes situations, you don’t want tech that doesn’t know what it’s doing.
Cybersecurity
Russian Attacks Hit US-European Think Tank Emails, Says Microsoft
The same groups that hit the DNC recently targeted prominent think tanks, including one election-monitoring organization
Policy