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Industry Experts Share Views on DOD’s Responsible AI Strategy and Implementation Pathway

Several industry experts shared their insights on a 47-page document that provides a roadmap on how the Department of Defense will advance the responsible use of artificial intelligence, FedScoop reported Wednesday. The Responsible Artificial Intelligence Strategy and Implementation Pathway outlines proposed actions to promote responsible AI use across the department based on six foundational tenets: […] More

by Jane Edwards June 30, 2022, 11:45 am
in News, Technology

General Dynamics IT Unit Helps Pentagon Implement Software-Defined Network

General Dynamics‘ information technology business has finished setting up a software-defined network for the IT and cybersecurity services provider at the Pentagon. GDIT said Thursday it collaborated with Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s Aruba subsidiary and Arista Networks to build the SDN platform for the Defense Information Systems Agency Joint Service Provider to automate and secure the […] More

by Kacey Roberts June 10, 2022, 11:52 am
in News, Technology

Lockheed, DOD in Talks Over Weapons Production in Support of Ukraine

Lockheed Martin said it is in discussions with the Department of Defense about ramping up the production of weapons meant for Ukraine as the Eastern European country fights Russian invasion, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. Jim Taiclet, CEO of Lockheed and a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, and other chief executives from major defense contractors […] More

by Jane Edwards April 20, 2022, 11:45 am
in News, Technology

Definitive Logic Presents 5 Ideas to Defense Budgeting Reform Commission

Definitive Logic has proposed five concepts to the Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution Reform Commission to help improve the Department of Defense’s PPBE process and one of those is the need to start with Fortune 500-tested processes for financial planning. “Today’s Fortune 500-tested financial planning processes have a proven track record of allocating resources well […] More

by Jane Edwards April 7, 2022, 11:31 am
in Contract Awards, News

L3Harris to Provide Engineering Support for Navy’s Combat Ships Under IDIQ Contract

L3Harris Technologies has received a potential five-year, $19.2 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide engineering services for steering, machinery and navigation control systems of the service’s combat ships. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division is the contracting activity and will obligate $281,799 in fiscal year 2022 research, development, test and evaluation funds […] More

by Jane Edwards March 14, 2022, 5:49 am
in News, Technology

Pentagon Issues RFI for Microelectronics Commons Management Organization

The Department of Defense is soliciting information to help inform the creation of a microelectronics commons management organization that would coordinate regional innovation hubs and facilitate laboratory-to-fabrication transition of microelectronics technologies. DOD seeks to advance the microelectronics commons concept and MCMO through a public-private partnership to focus on on-shore prototyping to help move technological innovations […] More

by Jane Edwards February 28, 2022, 11:53 am
in Industry News, News, Wash100

Executive Mosaic Presents DOD CIO John Sherman’s 1st Wash100 Recognition

Executive Mosaic has named John Sherman, chief information officer of the Department of Defense, as an inductee into the 2022 class of the Wash100 Award for leading the Pentagon’s execution of its cybersecurity and digital modernization strategies. This marks his first inclusion in Executive Mosaic’s annual selection of leaders with staying power and influence in […] More

by Christine Thropp February 17, 2022, 11:58 am
in News, Technology

AWS’ Cedric George on How Edge Computing Helps DOD Advance Speed to Mission

Cedric George, director for DOD strategic business development at Amazon Web Services, told FedScoop in an interview published Monday that edge computing enables the Department of Defense to provide warfighters access to systems at the tactical edge across ground, air or maritime domain. He cited the U.S. Air Force’s On-Ramp 4 technical demonstration in 2021 […] More

by Jane Edwards February 8, 2022, 11:53 am
in News, Technology

Intel’s Leland Brown, Anna Scott on 4 Ways DOD Can Adopt to Unleash 5G’s Potential on Battlefield

Leland Brown and Anna Scott of Intel said there are four strategies the Department of Defense should consider to optimize the full potential of 5G technology in supporting soldiers on the battlefield and one is developing a software ecosystem to support 5G implementation. Brown and Scott wrote in a commentary published Wednesday on Defense News […] More

by Jane Edwards February 3, 2022, 11:59 am
in News, Technology

Red Hat’s Travis Steele Suggests 3 Ways for DOD to Develop Automation-First Culture

Travis Steele, a senior strategic solutions architect at Red Hat, said there are three ways the Department of Defense can do to establish an automation-first culture and one is creating a framework that includes processes, tools and procedures needed for automation and can be implemented across agencies. Steele wrote in a commentary published Wednesday on […] More

by Jane Edwards January 13, 2022, 11:55 am
in Industry News, News

Report: Up to Half of Pentagon Spending on Afghanistan Conflict Went to Contractors

The Department of Defense spent $14 trillion on the country’s two-decade war in Afghanistan and a study by Brown University’s Costs of War Project says at least 33 percent to 50 percent of the total defense spending went to contractors, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. Data from the Costs of War Project, a group […] More

by Jane Edwards January 3, 2022, 11:44 am
in Cybersecurity News, News

DOD Eyes Incentives for Network Security Improvements Before CMMC 2.0 Takes Effect; Stacy Bostjanick Quoted

The Department of Defense considers providing financial rewards and other incentives to encourage contractors to enhance their network defenses before the latest iteration of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program comes to fruition, Federal News Network reported Friday. “Some of the things that we’re looking at is the potential of if a company can demonstrate […] More

by Jane Edwards November 29, 2021, 11:53 am

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