Emerging Tech
Defense Department Awards 14 Spots on $7.5B Innovative Tech Contract
DISA announced winners for the unrestricted portion of the SETI contract, with small business awards schedule for later this year.
Emerging Tech
Navy Wants Experimental Tech to Streamline Operations in Port and at Sea
SPAWAR is using its other transaction authority to solicit prototypes through the TReX consortium.
Cybersecurity
DISA Plans to Change How Pentagon Employees Browse the Internet
Officials are looking to isolate the internet from agency networks by pushing web browsing to the cloud.
Artificial Intelligence
Here’s How Google Pitched AI Tools to Special Operators Last Month
Even as the company drew back from its work on Project Maven, a sales team was going full steam ahead at a big SOF conference.
Digital Government
Congress Questions Trump's ZTE Deal
Plus the other goodies tucked into the National Defense Authorization Act federal employees need to know.
Artificial Intelligence
Google’s New Ethics Rules Forbid Using Its AI For Weapons
Alongside these broad ethical guidelines, Google has also drawn a line in the sand for the AI it will not develop.
Emerging Tech
Military Seeks New Tech to Weaponize Information
The military wants to know what technology can do to improve information warfare.
Cybersecurity
DOD Must Comply with DHS Cybersecurity Directives Under Senate Bill
Homeland Security has issued numerous binding cybersecurity directives recently, including banning Kaspersky anti-virus and mandating email security.
Digital Government
The U.S. Army’s New Algorithm Tells You How Much Caffeine Will Hit Your Body’s Peak Performance
Caffeine affects everyone differently.
Artificial Intelligence
Google Had 85,000 Reasons to Change its Mind About Its Pentagon Contract
Employee backlash can be very powerful.
Modernization
Pentagon’s Second Multibillion Cloud Contract to Be Bid in Coming Months
Officials say the Defense Department’s multibillion Defense Enterprise Office Solutions contract is expected to be bid out in the fourth quarter of this fiscal year.
Digital Government
Scrapped: $24M Plan to Replace Refrigerators On Air Force One
Rep. Joe Courtney says the no-bid deal “didn’t pass the smell test.”
Ideas
Advancing Threats Necessitate New Approach to Defense Technology Acquisition
Collaboration is one way to develop an edge over competitors.
Emerging Tech
The U.S. Navy Is Developing Mothership Drones for Coastal Defense
The service is looking to accelerate the way it buys, builds and drills drones and robotic ships.
Modernization
Pentagon Answers JEDI Pricing Questions But No RFP Yet
For the first time, the Pentagon’s JEDI cloud procurement has hit a time snag.
Modernization
GAO Rules Against Pentagon's Experimental $950 Million Cloud Deal
The Government Accountability Office recommended the Defense Department terminate a contract awarded to REAN Cloud in February.
Modernization
Another Defense Agency to Tap CIA's Commercial Cloud
Documents indicate the Army’s National Ground Intelligence Center aims to provision secret and top secret cloud services from the Amazon-developed C2S Cloud.
Cybersecurity
Special Operations Command Takes Aim At Enemies Hiding Files Inside Seized Electronics
Terror groups are using new techniques to reduce the intel value of seized laptops and cellphones.
Modernization
Pentagon’s MilCloud 2.0 Could Host Classified Data by 2019
The cloud offering is close to meeting stringent requirements to host secret and top secret classified data.
Cybersecurity