Department of Defense Deputy Chief Information Officer for Cybersecurity David McKeown, a 2023 Wash100 Awardee, acknowledged on Thursday at the Government Executive 2023 Cyber Summit the vital role played by the department’s good relationship with the private sector and said the partnership is a key enabler in the full implementation of the Zero Trust Strategy […]
A Government Accountability Office report revealed that the Department of Defense has only partially implemented three of seven foundational practices for managing information and communication technology supply chain risks. The partially implemented practices are developing an agency-wide ICT risk management strategy, executing a process to conduct a risk management review of a potential supplier and […]
Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Colin Kahl has decided to resign this summer and go back to the academe after a two-year stint as principal adviser to the secretary of defense for defense policy under the Biden administration, according to a Department of Defense official who wanted to remain anonymous for lack of authority to […]
The Air Force Research Laboratory-led Nano-Bio Materials Consortium is seeking proposals to develop wearable transdermal, subcutaneous and textile-based sensor technologies to advance human performance monitoring and augmentation. NBMC invites industry and academic investigators, manufacturers and developers in the Smart MedTech supply chain to respond to a request for proposals by June 5. Authors of selected […]
A Joint Chiefs of Staff official said the Department of Defense is pursuing a version of the Joint All-Domain Command and Control concept that focuses on interoperability. Lt. Gen. Mary O’Brien, director of C4 and cyber and Joint Staffs J6 chief information officer, said during the Potomac Officers Club’s 4th Annual CIO Summit that the […]
The U.S. Army is planning the Armored Formation Network On-the-Move Pilot, an experiment designed to test networking technologies for potential installation on armored vehicles. John Gillette, program manager for mission network at the Army Program Executive Office for Command, Control and Communications-Tactical, said the exercise will help the service install the best networking equipment for […]
Blockchain firm Constellation Network has completed its direct-to-phase II contract with the Department of Defense following an assessment by the Air Force Research Laboratory. The company was selected by the U.S. Air Force to develop and integrate distributed ledger and smart contracts technology capabilities for the DOD, which seeks a secure and speedy data transfer […]
The U.S. Navy has tested a Sheild AI-made drone designed to provide manned and unmanned sea and air capabilities. During the Integrated Battle Program 23.1 exercise off the California coast, the service launched the V-BAT unmanned aerial vehicle from a Leidos Seahawk unmanned surface vehicle. Cmdr. Jerry Daley, the lead official of the Navy Unmanned […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded Parallax Advanced Research a $4.4 million contract to perform research aimed at developing analytic engines capable of producing machine-generated strategies for warfare at a faster pace than humans. According to Van Parunak, senior research scientist at Parallax, his company is enhancing its Social Causality with Agents using Multiple […]
Department of Defense Deputy Secretary Kathleen Hicks, a 2023 Wash100 Awardee, said on Tuesday during the Ash Carter Exchange on Innovation and National Security event that the Department of Defense should not become complacent and instead continue to innovate in order to maintain the military strategic advantage of the United States in light of the […]
