Emerging Tech
What’s Wrong With the Air Force’s ‘Connect Everything’ Project
In a new report, GAO watchdogs say officials can’t say how much it costs or if it’ll even work
Digital Government
The Air Force and Navy Are Testing A Biometric App to Stay Fit Amid Social Distancing
The app is helping the services monitor the health of sailors and airmen stuck at home.
Emerging Tech
The Army Wants Your Ventilator Ideas
A new contest seeks new designs to meet a growing need.
Cybersecurity
The Pentagon Is Using Zoom. Is it Safe?
Experts say the ubiquitous videoconferencing tools bear some risk of accidentally exposing mundane details, and even inviting a new wave of deep fakes. But the risks can be managed.
Emerging Tech
If Space Startups Fail, the Pentagon’s Going to Need Some New Plans
The coronavirus is threatening young space companies — and the military’s plans to rely on them.
Cybersecurity
Chinese Hackers Attacked Foreign Health Care, Military, Oil Networks as Coronavirus Hit China
In January, the ‘widespread’ assault targeted a vulnerability in virtual desktops, cloud computing, and network applications, FireEye announced.
Digital Government
Navy Working to Keep Subs and Destroyers From Becoming COVID-19 Hotspots
Meanwhile, the coronavirus is putting the military health-care system under stress.
Cybersecurity
Trump Calls Out China’s COVID-19 Disinformation
Chinese diplomats and officials have been spreading a lie about the virus’ origin.
Emerging Tech
Military Scientists Hope To Have Coronavirus Therapeutic By Summer
A new approach would use RNA or DNA to help the body develop antibodies to the rapidly spreading illness.
Artificial Intelligence
The Pentagon’s AI Shop Takes A Venture Capital Approach to Funding Tech
The Joint Artificial Intelligence Center will take a Series A, B, approach to building tech for customers, with product managers and mission teams.
Emerging Tech
A Military-Funded Biosensor Could Be the Future of Pandemic Detection
If it wins FDA approval next year, the two-part sensor could help spot new infections weeks before symptoms begin to show.
Cybersecurity
Key Defense Supplier Hit by Ransomware
The hackers also allegedly stole sensitive documents from Visser Precision, which makes parts for Lockheed, Boeing, and SpaceX.
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.
Artificial Intelligence
Pentagon to Adopt Detailed Principles for Using AI
Sources say the list will closely follow an October report from a defense advisory board.
Modernization
Judge Puts Pentagon's Giant JEDI Cloud Contract On Hold
The up-to-$10 billion cloud contract is enjoined until “further notice from the court” while Amazon pursues a lawsuit.
Emerging Tech
One Step Closer to a Batsuit for Soldiers
Researchers announce new military funding in search for body armor skin that could be 300 percent stronger than anything we’ve seen before.
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.
Artificial Intelligence
Spies Like AI: The Future of Artificial Intelligence for the U.S. Intelligence Community
Putting AI to its broadest use in national defense will mean hardening it against attack.
Policy
As Putin Schemes to Extend His Reign, Expect New Forms of Internet Repression
Russia under a president-for-life will likely grow more insular and less open to Western influence.
Emerging Tech