Gen. James Rainey, the head of U.S. Army Futures Command, said the service branch needs to transition from warfighting functions to warfighting systems. In a keynote speech at the Army’s Technical Exchange Meeting, Rainey said future wars will pit systems against each other and depend on command and control, Nextgov/FCW reported Friday. Rainey emphasized that nothing else […]
The not-for-profit Mobile Satellite Users Association has announced the member-selected lineup of its 2024 board of directors. Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president of government policy and strategy in Inmarsat’s U.S. government business, will take office on Jan. 1, 2024, alongside nine other satellite industry leaders. The other appointees include Lilac Muller, Kymeta’s SVP of product development; Alberto […]
The Government Accountability Office has suggested using artificial intelligence to enhance weather forecasting and mitigate billions of dollars in damage annually. In a paper published on Dec. 14, the watchdog explained that machine learning-powered algorithms could automate processes and rapidly extract insights from large datasets to give authorities more time to prepare for extreme weather […]
The Federal Communications Commission now requires telecommunications carriers to alert their customers of data breaches. Amended for the first time in 16 years, the FCC’s data breach rules give providers a 30-day deadline to notify consumers unless law enforcement requests a delay, The Record reported Thursday. Carriers also need to inform the commission in addition […]
Venice Goodwine, the Department of the Air Force’s chief information officer, has signed a new policy to enable safe testing of generative artificial intelligence within the service branch’s Office 365 environment. Speaking at a recent Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Association event, she said airmen and U.S. Space Force guardians will undergo training to improve […]
The U.S. Space Command announced at a town hall meeting on Friday that it has reached full operational capability. Achievement of the status came after an in-depth evaluation of mission execution capabilities, including the capacity to accomplish the Unified Command Plan, SPACECOM said Friday. Other criteria included employee skill levels, sufficient command and control infrastructure, […]
Ramesh Menon, the Defense Intelligence Agency’s chief technology officer, has revealed that his organization is setting up a “community of interest” to guide artificial intelligence development and standards. Speaking to reporters at the Department of Defense Intelligence Information System conference, he said the DIA is finalizing the centralized governance model and is planning to release […]
The Internal Revenue Service has announced that it will reduce its number of deputy commissioners from two to one and establish four new chief roles to lead information technology, operations, tax compliance and taxpayer service. Doug O’Donnell, the current deputy commissioner for services and enforcement, will serve as the new single deputy commissioner, the IRS […]
The National Security Agency has warned that Russian Foreign Intelligence Service attackers are exploiting a publicly known vulnerability in servers hosting JetBrains TeamCity software. Affected entities include information technology companies, tool manufacturers, an energy trade association and developers of billing, medical devices, employee monitoring, sales and video game software worldwide, the NSA said Wednesday. A cybersecurity advisory […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is accepting applications for the AI Cyber Challenge, a competition to develop artificial intelligence-powered cyber reasoning systems that detect and remediate software vulnerabilities in real time and at scale. Winning teams stand to receive up to $29.5 million in cumulative prize money throughout the program, DARPA said. AIxCC will […]
