Ideas

What Federal IT Modernization Leaders Do Best

Modernization is not about just finding solutions that are more cost-efficient and more secure.

  • By Dave McClure, Malcolm Jackson and Jason Layman
Emerging Tech

Air Force Turns Focus to Flying Cars

A virtual conference will kick off the service’s Agility Prime initiative to operationalize flying cars.

  • By Frank Konkel
Ideas

The Pandemic Is a Clarion Call to Remove Barriers to Innovation

The COVID-19 crisis presents an opportunity to put in place solutions that will benefit us all, now and in the future.

  • By Stan Soloway
Emerging Tech

The Army Wants Your Ventilator Ideas

A new contest seeks new designs to meet a growing need.

  • By Patrick Tucker
Ideas

How to Evaluate Emerging Tech Fast

After all, the stakes are high.

  • By Meagan Metzger
CIO Briefing

The Suite Life

Nextgov chats with federal executives about their role in agencies’ ever-growing C-suites. 

  • By Nextgov Staff
Emerging Tech

Will Flying Cars Help the US Beat China? The Air Force Hopes So.

Service officials say giving American manufacturers first-mover advantage is just as important as the military benefits of vertical-lift buses.

  • By Patrick Tucker
Emerging Tech

DARPA Wants Research on Regrowing Human Organs

The research agency is asking for insight and novel approaches to spark organ regeneration in mammals.

  • By Brandi Vincent
Emerging Tech

Defense Digital Service is Taking Over a Drone and Counter-Drone Development Team

Building and scaling a suite of new drone capabilities is one of the Defense Department’s top priorities, officials said.

  • By Brandi Vincent
Emerging Tech

The Pentagon Is Spending Millions on Hunter Drones With Nets

Shooting drones down over cities isn’t ideal. Nabbing them in midair is an intriguing alternative.

  • By Patrick Tucker
Emerging Tech

The Army Wants Technology that Can See Through Walls—and Identify People on the Other Side

This sounds like science fiction—but for soldiers, it could soon be a reality.

  • By Brandi Vincent
Ideas

To Modernize, Push for Smaller Procurements

Sometimes baby steps make sense. 

  • By Riya Patel
Emerging Tech

AFWERX to Launch Four Challenges to Accelerate Space Innovation

The Air Force’s innovation group is crowdsourcing some of the pain points in the space domain.

  • By Brandi Vincent
Emerging Tech

The VA’s First Chief Innovation Officer Aims to Speed Up the Delivery of Cost-Saving Services

Michael Akinyele’s mission is to find ways to innovate health care delivery and scale it across the enterprise.

  • By Brandi Vincent
IT Modernization

NIST to Update Online iEdison Tool for Reporting Federally-Funded Inventions

The National Institutes of Health managed the original platform since 1995.

  • By Brandi Vincent
Emerging Tech

Energy Department Launches Challenge for Next-Gen Storage Technologies

The agency will coordinate a range of research and development funding opportunities, prizes, partnerships and other activities to meet a set of strategic goals by 2030.

  • By Brandi Vincent
Emerging Tech

DARPA Wants Help Developing a ‘Sea Train’ of Unmanned Warships

The Pentagon’s research arm is looking to produce technologies for a new class of long-distance unmanned surface vessels.  

  • By Brandi Vincent
Emerging Tech

The Crazy Government Research Projects You Might've Missed in 2019

Self-aware artificial intelligence, biology-based computers and “smart” surveillance are just a few.

  • By Jack Corrigan
Data

NOAA Contracts With 3 Major Cloud Providers on Big Data Project

More than four years after starting the Big Data Project, NOAA signs with three cloud companies to provide free access to its wealth of data.

  • By Aaron Boyd
Emerging Tech

China Has Increasing Sway in U.S. Science, Defense Report Says

Beijing is using better jobs at home, aggressive intelligence agencies, and a greater financial reach to influence American institutions.

  • By Patrick Tucker
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