How AI Is Transforming the Army’s Future Battlefield Strategy

Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming one of the Army’s most important modernization priorities as military leaders race to accelerate decision-making, streamline operations and prepare for increasingly contested battlefields.  From autonomous systems and AI-enabled command-and-control to predictive logistics and acquisition automation, the service is investing heavily in technologies designed to help soldiers operate faster and smarter […]
Posted on by Gabriella DeCesare

Is the Pentagon Putting Defense Acquisition on a Wartime Footing?

The Department of War is undertaking one of the most aggressive acquisition overhauls in decades, and the implications for government contractors could reshape the defense industrial base for years to come. Driven by Executive Order 14265 and a sweeping new acquisition transformation strategy, defense leaders are moving to fundamentally redesign how military capabilities are developed, […]
Posted on by Gabriella DeCesare

Ransomware, AI & Nation-State Attacks: The Top Cyberthreats to GovCon and How to Address Them

Ransomware, AI-enabled cyber campaigns and nation-state cyber actors are targeting critical infrastructure organizations and the defense industrial base Several organizations, including federal agencies, have provided guidance on how to address cyberthreats  Government leaders, including CISOs Michael Duffy and Aaron Bishop, spoke about how AI and zero trust are strengthening federal cybersecurity The cyber domain has […]
Posted on by Elodie Collins

Internal, External Cyber Threats Growing From Use of Ubiquitous AI Tools, Says Alpha Omega CTO

Growing internal and external cyber threats from widely-available AI tools and their resulting shadow IT are creating major challenges for GovCons. These are contributing to security vulnerabilities and new attack surfaces. Hear directly from Nitin Vartak, Alpha Omega CTO, during a panel discussion at the 2026 Cyber Summit this Thursday! Rising internal and external cybersecurity […]
Posted on by Pat Host

The Cyber Threat of Agentic AI

Federal cybersecurity leaders are warning that autonomous AI-powered cyberattacks are evolving faster than government defenses can respond, creating new risks around identity, phishing, enterprise access and critical infrastructure security. “The speed of agentic AI-driven attacks and existing human-led defenses, it’s not an equal match,” said Tamara Lilly, assistant inspector general for cybersecurity and IT audits […]
Posted on by Charles Lyons-Burt