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Lori Wade, intelligence community chief data officer (l), speaks with Lt. Gen. Susan Lawrence, USA (Ret.), president and CEO of AFCEA, and Kelly Fletcher, Department of Defense principal deputy chief information officer, at the Intelligence and National Security Summit 2022. Credit: Herman Farrer

Ask the CIO

DoD CIO turns up cyber heat on weapons systems development

The DoD’s CIO and its Office of Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment will remove weapons systems from the network if they are not cyber secure.

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On the gun line at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren: New ways to zap the enemy

Navy

On the gun line at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren: A history of computing advances

Navy

On the gun line at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren: Testing weapons over the Potomac

Defense Industry

This retired one-star takes his armaments experience to the private sector

Defense

For US military leaders, Ukraine is a golden learning opportunity

Federal Newscast

Is the government classifying too much information?

Soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division used the latest prototype of the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) during a training exercise in October at Fort Pickett, Va. The event was part of a larger Soldier Touch Point, the third major milestone in the development and testing of the IVAS, which will undergo one more STP in the spring before initial fielding next year. (U.S. Army Photo by Bridgett Siter)

Commentary

DoD’s campaign to drive digital transformation

Ralph Kahn, chief revenue officer at Shift5

Cybersecurity

Vectors for cyber attacks on military vehicles keep increasing

U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon is aerial refueled by a KC-135 “Stratotanker” over the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020 as part of an escort mission in support of the B-52 “Stratofortress” deployment. The United States flew strategic bombers over the Persian Gulf on Wednesday for the second time this month, a show of force meant to deter Iran from attacking American or allied targets in the Middle East. (Senior Airman Roslyn Ward/U.S. Air Force via AP)

DoD Reporter's Notebook

Air Force will turn its tankers into flying hotspots in first deployment of ABMS

A U.S. Air Force B-52H “Stratofortress” from Minot Air Force Base, N.D., is refueled by a KC-135 “Stratotanker” in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020. The United States flew strategic bombers over the Persian Gulf on Wednesday for the second time this month, a show of force meant to deter Iran from attacking American or allied targets in the Middle East. (Senior Airman Roslyn Ward/U.S. Air Force via AP)

Defense

Defense contractors explore new ways to develop systems faster and cheaper

Charlie Zisette

Navy

Navy expanding efforts to push the frontiers of weapons energetics

Army

Army

Army finalizing 2021 network updates and designing 2023 plans to converge technologies

Coast Guard members return to the Coast Guard Cutter John Midgett aboard a small boat while the crew of the cutter operates near Dutch Harbor, Alaska, April 30, 2018. In order to return to his ship, Fireman Taylor Martin flew to Dutch Harbor, spent the night on the Coast Guard Cutter SPAR, and then joined this small boat crew the following morning. U.S. Coast Guard photo by FIreman Taylor Martin.

Federal Newscast

GAO: Though improved, DHS employee engagement still needs a lot of work

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Defense

Don't expect same defense spending priorities under a Biden administration

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Army

Current Army budget may make modernizing more difficult

Brig. Gen. Dennis Crall, DoD’s deputy principal cyber adviser

Defense

Pentagon preparing first comprehensive strategy for Joint All-Domain Command and Control

FILE - In this May 6, 2020, photo, United States Postal Service carrier Henrietta Dixon gets into her truck to deliver mail in Philadelphia. Officials from six states and the District of Columbia are in court Thursday, Sept. 24, to ask a federal judge to halt alleged slowdowns at the U.S. Postal Service that they say threaten the upcoming presidential election(AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Federal Newscast

USPS weathering the storm through 2020 election

U.S. Marine Corps K-9 handlers currently assigned to the Military Working Dog (MWD Team Deployment Training course pose for a photo with their MWD while conducting detection training on the Yuma Proving Ground (YPG), Feb. 25, 2019. The MWD Team Deployment Training Course is a three-week long course where MWD Handlers from all three Marine Expeditionary Forces advance their dog team capabilities by focusing on teaching teams to become effective and lethal assets. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Joel Soriano)

Army

In the Arizona desert, Army got first glimpse of an AI-enabled battlefield

Soldiers in initial military training at Fort Jackson, S. C., line up to eat, May 11, 2020. (Victoria Evans)

Army

Forthcoming Army plan seeks to 'transform' organic industrial base

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Air Force

How the Air Force plans to move to digital versions of weapons competitions

FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2008 photo released by the U.S. Navy, The Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Wyoming approaches Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Ga. The Pentagon's top policy official tells The Associated Press that the United States for the first time has deployed the newest addition to its nuclear arsenal — a submarine-launched weapon that the Trump administration says will make nuclear war less likely. (Lt. Rebecca Rebarich/U.S. Navy via AP)

Defense

Military leaders prepare their case for divesting unneeded weapons systems

In this Nov. 1, 2018, photo released by the U.S. Army, soldiers surveil the area during a combined joint patrol in Manbij, Syria. The United States’ main ally in Syria on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018, rejected President Donald Trump’s claim that Islamic State militants have been defeated and warned that the withdrawal of American troops would lead to a resurgence of the extremist group. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Zoe Garbarino via AP)

Federal Drive

GAO issues primer on how DoD weapons system should work