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Defense Companies Starting to Feel Effect of U.S. Government Shutdown
Firms working for NASA, DHS, and other shuttered federal agencies are taking hits to their cash flow.
Cybersecurity
Pentagon Creates ‘Do Not Buy’ List of Russian, Chinese Software
Increasingly alarmed at foreign hacking, DOD and intelligence officials are racing to educate the military and defense contractors.
Cybersecurity
If Your Weapons Aren’t Cyber-Hardened, Expect to Lose Pentagon Contracts
The Pentagon intends to start assessing its weapons’ resistance to hacks, instead of leaving that to manufacturers.
Emerging Tech
General: Project Maven Is Just the Beginning of the Military’s Use of AI
Air Combat Command chief invites tech firms to help build next-gen tools for the Pentagon. Also says dissent "is part of being an American."
CIO Briefing
What Trump’s Space Force Announcement Means
New plan would create sixth service branch, and annoy the Air Force.
CIO Briefing
Scrapped: $24M Plan to Replace Refrigerators On Air Force One
Rep. Joe Courtney says the no-bid deal “didn’t pass the smell test.”
IT Modernization
JEDI Will Be Just One of Many Clouds, Says Pentagon’s No. 2
The giant and groundbreaking IT contract may cover just a fraction of the cloud-services orders to come.
CIO Briefing
Pentagon Names First Head of Software Acquisition
The department will have an official guiding all software strategy, regardless of what platform it runs.
CIO Briefing
Pentagon Tells Leaders to Talk More With Contractors — and Less to the Public and Press
One day after Air Force leaders severely restricted media contacts, Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan encouraged Pentagon officials to engage more with industry.
CIO Briefing
Trump Calls for a Space Force, a Concept His Pentagon Opposes
The president’s words could reanimate a legislative proposal that the defense secretary and others thought they had killed.
CIO Briefing
Pentagon May Create a Combatant Command for Space
The Defense Department is also looking at major changes to speed up how it buys satellites.
Cybersecurity
Pentagon Warns CEOs: Protect Your Data or Lose Our Contracts
Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan says cybersecurity should be a top priority for its contractors.
Emerging Tech
The Pentagon’s New Artificial Intelligence Is Already Hunting Terrorists
After less than eight months of development, the algorithms are helping intel analysts exploit drone video over the battlefield.
CIO Briefing
Pentagon Delays Deadline For Military Suppliers to Meet Cybersecurity Rules
The goal of the new regulations is to secure sensitive data on the computers and networks at smaller companies.
CIO Briefing
As the US Air Force Turns Its Focus to Space, This Small Team Could Lead the Way
Once seen as a threat to traditional acquisition channels, the Operationally Responsive Space office is making it faster and cheaper to put new capabilities into orbit.
CIO Briefing
A New Social-Media Simulator Is Helping US Troops Train for Hybrid War
The program harvests and remixes real tweets to generate a convincing online environment for wargames large and small.
CIO Briefing
Here’s How the US Military Wants to Counter ISIS Drones and Roadside Bombs
Predictive algorithms, deep machine learning, directed energy, and more are all on the Pentagon’s shopping list.
CIO Briefing
Former Pentagon Money Man to Oversee Defense of NATO Computer Networks
Kevin Scheid returns to the alliance as members eye spending increases to pay for cyber projects and traditional weapons.
CIO Briefing
When Will US Air Force F-35s Be Ready for Battle?
The general who will make the decision offered some clues as he celebrated the jet's recent trip across the Atlantic.
CIO Briefing