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Ret. Vice Adm. Peter Neffenger, the former vice commandant of the Coast Guard, said the maritime intelligence fusion centers improve what service members can see when monitoring vessels.
November 09, 2023 -
The draft strategy is one way Space Force is working to develop standards for digital twins. It is also working on an open standard. Lisa Costa, the Space Force’s chief technology and innovation officer, noted that industry does not have a standard for digital twins that it could adopt.
November 08, 2023 -
The rule will include key details on the "most ambitious cybersecurity conformity initiative ever attempted,”
November 08, 2023 -
The 2024 National Defense Authorization Act is critical to support the nation’s military personnel as 40% of the budget will go towards personnel matters at a time when the Defense Department is also looking to improve its recruitment and retention.
November 07, 2023 -
While digital engineering and digital twins are important resources to accelerate the Department of Defense’s digital transformation, they come with risks that must also be taken into account.
November 03, 2023 -
The Department of the Navy says it’s seen some big successes with a pilot program that lets them use a single color of money for software, and wants Congress to expand the authority. But quantifying those successes isn’t easy.
November 03, 2023 -
The Defense Department’s new data, analytics and artificial intelligence strategy focuses on agile adoption throughout the department to help get this technology in use quickly.
November 02, 2023 -
Alan Hope, head of the mission development branch at the Naval Research Laboratory inside the Naval Center for Space Technology, said the “Maritime mission is a global mission, and as such, that requires access to parts of the globe that aren’t easily accessible by any other means.”
November 02, 2023 -
One of the bills will help provide housing to military families on housing waitlists amid shortages on military bases.
October 31, 2023 -
In today's Federal Newscast: Gen. Eric Smith, the commandant of the Marine Corps, has suffered what appears to be a serious health episode. Agencies have received updated guidance for the type of infrastructure projects that the Buy American Act applies to. And House Republicans propose taking away billions of dollars in IRS modernization money and using it for aid to Israel.
October 31, 2023 -
They work on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube. They work just about everywhere. So why not short videos to pitch ideas to Defense Department program managers and contracting officers? That is the idea behind the year-old Tradewinds Project under the DoD's chief digital and artificial intelligence office.
October 30, 2023 -
Chris Cleary, the Department of the Navy’s principal cyber advisor, is most proud of his work around the Navy’s cyberspace superiority vision and work to better protect operational technology.
October 30, 2023 -
The Navy is solidifying the importance of customer experience. For example, its Program Executive Office for Manpower, Logistics and Business Solutions is making its customer experience feedback pilot program permanent in the coming months.
October 27, 2023 -
If one theme applies to the federal career of this guest of Federal Drive Host Tom Temin, it might be innovation. In both civilian and military situations, she's brought new technology and new approaches to mission support.
October 27, 2023 -
Gabe Camarillo, the undersecretary of the Army, said to create a culture of continuous improvement, the Army needs to institutionalize how it buys, develops and continually improve its applications.
October 26, 2023