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Lauren C. Williams
Senior Editor
Lauren C. Williams is senior editor for Defense One. She previously covered defense technology and cybersecurity for FCW and Defense Systems. Before then, Williams has reported on several issues, including internet culture, national security, health care, politics and crime for various publications. She has a master's in journalism from the University of Maryland, College Park and a bachelor's in dietetics from the University of Delaware.
Emerging Tech
Who tells satellites where to take pictures? Increasingly, it’ll be robots, Maxar says
Automated scans of low-res imagery will cue high-res passes, while simulations will help manage ever-growing queues for service.
- By Lauren C. Williams
Defense
The Army’s dream of vastly simplified networking is starting to come true
Field commanders want even less gear to tend, but two divisions are showing how things are improving.
- By Lauren C. Williams
People
Mike Gallagher talks priorities as Palantir’s new defense business chief
The former lawmaker is looking to draw on a decade of national security policy work in the new position.
- By Lauren C. Williams
Emerging Tech
The Pentagon’s IT agency looks to expand cloud offshore
The agency has been expanding services outside the continental U.S. while reworking tools to ease data access.
- By Lauren C. Williams
Defense
Pentagon’s new cyber rules are ‘stifling’ foreign suppliers, advisors say
The soon-to-be-mandatory cybersecurity certification—and a 2018 OSD reorganization—are slowing vital work, the Defense Innovation Board says.
- By Lauren C. Williams
Defense
Info warriors coming to Navy subs in the Pacific
The move follows two other pilot efforts with Naval Submarine Forces, said Vice Adm. Kelly Aeschbach, the service’s outgoing “I-boss.”
- By Lauren C. Williams
Defense
Space operations boss wants more virtual simulations to boost training
After a recent demo, Lt. Gen. David Miller said Space Operations Command needs realistic simulations to train at the highest levels.
- By Lauren C. Williams
Defense
Pentagon background-check systems at risk of hacking, GAO says
The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency didn’t fully implement DOD’s cybersecurity process, a new report finds.
- By Lauren C. Williams
Defense
US Army, Navy reduce dependence on China for ‘critical technology’
But the Air Force and other Pentagon agencies are using even more Chinese suppliers, a report finds.
- By Lauren C. Williams
Defense
Pentagon pauses development of its go-to data analytics tool
New data chief orders infrastructure improvements to Advana platform, which tracks Ukraine aid and many other things.
- By Lauren C. Williams
Cybersecurity
Former NSA head feels ‘really good’ about election security come November
Paul Nakasone, the recently retired head of NSA and CYBERCOM, said the intelligence community has everything it needs to combat election interference attempts later this year.
- By David DiMolfetta and Lauren C. Williams
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Defense
Space Force inches closer to classified remote work
The platform could be a popular remote-work solution for Space Systems Command.
- By Lauren C. Williams
Defense
Navy looks to Army for more data analytics capability
The sea service is also planning to release a new information strategy in July.
- By Lauren C. Williams
Defense
The Pentagon’s brewing a build-a-cloud program for defense agencies
The young platform, dubbed Olympus, is designed for self-service commercial cloud needs.
- By Lauren C. Williams
Defense
The Army is trying to identify all the obstacles to adopting AI in 100 days
Launched in March, the effort is looking at poisoned datasets, adversarial attacks, Trojans, and more.
- By Lauren C. Williams
Defense
The Pentagon wants to help boost cybersecurity for small contractors
A new strategy outlines how the Defense Department plans to increase security and strengthen relationships across the industrial base.
- By Lauren C. Williams
Defense
Can IT restore Congress’ trust in the Pentagon?
The Defense Department needs a better way to share budget data, a new report urges.
- By Lauren C. Williams
Defense
Navy leaders want more code-loving sailors at sea
One wants to take ad hoc data science efforts and fold them into a formal training cycle.
- By Lauren C. Williams
Defense
The Navy is building dashboards for its connect-everything effort
A conversation with Rebellion Defense about its new contract for Project Overmatch.
- By Lauren C. Williams
Defense
Some secret military programs are getting a little less secret
New classification guidance aims to streamline operations within the Pentagon and with foreign partners.
- By Lauren C. Williams