The Air Force was among the earliest agencies to organize around the need for innovation. Its approach, known as AFWERX, got started back in 2017 and became a model for many other agencies.
The Pentagon wants to expand use of commercial products to speed up acquisition, but it wants more transparency in pricing.
Army camps and bases often feature architecture worth preserving. One example is Camp Dodge, an Army National Guard training facility in Iowa. Its construction and facilities management staff won a Pentagon award earlier this year for restoration of its 1907 gate house and perimeter fence.
A wearable device developed by DoD’s Defense Innovation Unit uses artificial intelligence to detect signs of COVID and other infections.
EP Mathew, the DIA deputy chief information officer, said the first software factory available for use by the Five Eyes will help ensure data interoperability.
If the U.S. is to prevail in the world's strategic hot spots, the Defense Department will have to adopt some of the strategies China seems to be using successfully.
In today's Federal Newscast: Fort Benning gets renamed. The members of the federal security cloud advisory committee have been made public. The Pandemic Relief Accountability Committee uncovers more dead people got paid COVID cash.
The Defense Logistics Agency has rolled out its cloud-based Warehouse Management System to 12 sites so far and will reach 70 by the end of fiscal 2023.