Artificial intelligence has many moving parts that need to work together for the technology to benefit warfighters, according to a top research official from the Department of Defense. William Scherlis, director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Information Innovation Office, said conversations about AI are often solely focused on machine learning, Defense .gov reported. […]
The Department of Defense' Missile Defense Agency has tapped Northrop Grumman and L3Harris Technologies to each build a prototype sensor satellite for the Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor. Northrop and L3Harris were awarded a $155 million and a $121 million contract, respectively, to deliver their prototypes by July 2023, SpaceNews reported. The HBTSS is […]
The Department of Defense plans to include the requirements under its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program in contracts offered by the Department of Homeland Security, an official said. Katie Arrington, the DOD's chief information security officer for acquisition and sustainment, said the CMMC will remain priority, adding that its model is useful across the government, […]
Qlarant, a health information technology company, has appointed technology industry veteran Stuart Harlow as its chief financial officer. The company said Harlow has extensive experience in both domestic and international operations. He has deep understanding of business and finance in the information, technology, engineering and manufacturing sectors, Qlarant said. “I like to think that I […]
The Senate has confirmed U.S. Central Command Commander Lloyd Austin as the Biden administration's secretary of defense. Congress previously waived a requirement for the secretary of defense to have a seven-year gap between their tenure and military service. Austin is a four-star Army general who retired in 2016, the Military Times reported. “If confirmed, I […]
The Department of Defense will end its bid to stop the Federal Communications Commission's C-band spectrum auction and will instead focus on protecting aviation equipment from interference. DOD leaders and other agencies recently released a memo asking the FCC to stop the sale after multiple commercial aviation groups said the move could lead to "catastrophic […]
Raytheon Technologies' intelligence and space arm has used activity-based intelligence in a demonstration of the Tactical Intelligence Target Access Node, an artificial intelligence-enabled ground station designed to analyze sensor data for threats. David Appel, vice president for defense and civil solutions at RIS, said the TITAN system faces the challenge of having a large number […]
The Navy wants to make the crews on its littoral combat ships more self-sufficient and more readily available for taskings by fleet commanders. One LCS strike team is currently working to address class design issues, increase the availability of spare parts and increase accountability for ships' post-shakedown availabilities, USNI News reported Wednesday. The strike team […]
John Roth will serve as acting secretary of the Air Force until a permanent replacement has been nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate. Roth succeeds 25th Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett, who had served in the role from October 2019 to Jan. 20, the Air Force said Wednesday. In an […]
The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center responded to the pandemic by making its workforce more flexible and investing in critical information technology infrastructure, an official said. AFLCMC Commander Lt. Gen. Shaun Morris stressed the importance of digital engineering, Agile software development and open systems architecture for flexibility, the Air Force said Thursday. “When you […]
