The Department of Defense has released new principles for the use of artificial intelligence in war, with emphasis on responsibility, equity and governability. Agency leaders urged for capabilities developed by the DoD to be traceable and advised individuals to apply AI in warfighting with appropriate levels of judgment and care. According to Defense Secretary Mark […]
Sean Plankey, the principal deputy assistant secretary for cybersecurity, energy, security and emergency response at the Department of Energy, said the department will expand three education programs that facilitate interaction with both universities and private industry. Speaking at the RSA Public Sector Day 2020, Plankey said DOE wants to publicize the data from its national […]
The Air Force wants to invest $150M in a software and digital technology pilot program for the U.S. Space Force in 2021. According to budget documents, the budget request for the Space Force software pilot aligns with the Air Force’s ongoing trend of leveraging commercial capabilities for warfighter needs. In addition, the service also seeks […]
Dark Wolf, a provider of DevSecOps information technologies, has been selected to perform software penetration testing and adversarial assessment in support of the Air Force. The military awarded Dark Wolf a $75M blanket purchase agreement to detect digital networking vulnerabilities to malicious activities. Dark Wolf will assess the military systems' ability to detect cyber threats, react […]
The American Council for Technology-Industry Advisory Council has published a DevOps primer on how the federal government should pursue software development and information technology operations. The primer includes case studies on the progress of agencies in their adoption of DevOps and a maturity model that recommends how they should move forward. A working group within […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs has deployed a platform from Forescout Technologies that gives comprehensive protection to the VA’s connected assets. The Forescout platform discovers, classifies and assesses network-connected devices. It classifies them according to type and ownership and determines their security posture, allowing an organization to set policies establishing authorized behaviors. VA deployed the capability across […]
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration unveiled Tuesday its artificial intelligence strategy, which aims to coordinate efforts to use AI technologies across the agency. The agency said it is increasing institutional support to lower the cost of AI-related data processing and provide higher quality and more timely scientific products. NOAA's AI Strategy has five main […]
The U.S. Navy opened Tuesday a new development site for the military branch's cyberwarfare capabilities. Located at Fort Meade, Maryland, the Cyber Foundry will support both the Navy Cyber Warfare Development Group and Cyber Mission Force personnel across U.S. 10th Fleet. According to NCWDG, the Cyber Foundry will "enable and provide rapid response to Navy […]
The Air Force Research Laboratory is seeking sources of technology solutions to the Enterprise Architecture Solutions Technology, which aims to improve information sharing across government agencies. According to the broad agency announcement seeking white papers by May 1, potential contractors shall enhance security, cloud computing use, system integration, mobile cloud framework, application service technologies, mission […]
The Pentagon will soon adopt a detailed set of principles for using artificial intelligence, officials familiar with the matter said. According to the sources, the policy will closely follow the draft set of rules released by the Defense Innovation Board in October. By implementing the principles now, the Department of Defense hopes that good practices […]
