Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

DARPA is hard at work on the next generation of hypersonics

Hypersonic projectiles, missiles moving at five times the speed of sound, have become a high priority across the Defense Department. You’ve got two basic…

Defense

NAPA

One of the government’s leading technologists is now a National Academy fellow

Technology

New GEOINT strategy will direct agencies to look at commercial services first

Contracting

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DARPA awards a super-high-tech artificial intelligence research project

Artificial Intelligence

Replacing mountains of code doesn’t have to take forever

Technology

House Majority Leader prepares lawmakers for continuing resolution

Federal Newscast

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A briefcase of a census taker is seen as she knocks on the door of a residence Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020, in Winter Park, Fla. A half-million census takers head out en mass this week to knock on the doors of households that haven't yet responded to the 2020 census. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Census Bureau short on enumerators officials said were needed

Federal Newscast

Building trust in AI is key to autonomous drones, flying cars

Defense

High angle view of business executives walking through a revolving door

DoD’s two top research officials announce departure

Defense

FILE - In this Oct. 17, 2017, file photo, U.S. Army soldiers hone their long-distance marksmanship skills as they train at Fort Benning in Columbus, Ga. The soldiers are members of the Army's new Security Force Assistance Brigade. The Army, for the first time, will send soldiers from one of it's new training brigades to Africa in the coming weeks, expanding the use of the new specialized units as the Pentagon looks at possible troop cuts on the continent. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

DIU showed significant strides in 2019 after further entrenching itself in DoD

Defense

Emerging tech offices come together on long-term plan to combat coronavirus

Artificial Intelligence

FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2020 file photo, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon in Washington. Esper said Tuesday he is looking to NATO allies for more help countering the Islamic State extremist group in Iraq and in bolstering U.S. defense efforts in the Middle East more broadly. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Defense employee unions on Trump administration radar

In today’s Federal Newscast, after a delay, the White House publishes a memo allowing the defense secretary to to exclude civilian employees from current…

Federal Newscast

An aide holds a copy of the President's Budget for 2021, as Office of Management and Budget Acting Director Russell Vought testifies during a hearing of the House Budget Committee about President Trump's budget for Fiscal Year 2021, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump budget projects doubling federal AI research spending by FY 2022

As for what federal agencies actually spent on AI research last year, the White House expects to release those numbers later this year.

Artificial Intelligence

Congressman, Veterans Affairs butt heads over office space

Federal Newscast

In today’s Federal Newscast, Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL) and other congressmen are pleading with Veterans Affairs Department to let them keep their offices in agency facilities.