The Department of Defense considers hypersonics and counter-hypersonics among its top technical modernization priorities, according to Ellen Lord, the undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment. "We are continuing on an accelerated path to develop and field land-, sea- and air-launched hypersonic weapons, as well as developing options for defense against adversary hypersonic missile capabilities […]
Air Force Chief Software Officer Nicolas Chaillan recently discussed with Nextgov his efforts to advance the Department of Defense’s Enterprise DevSecOps initiative, a responsibility which he has borne since August 2018 as part of the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment. According to Chaillan, the Air Force, with Defense Chief Information […]
The Department of Defense is aggressively pursuing the development of hypersonic weapons capability in the face of strong competition from Russia and China, according to a weapons official from the agency. Mike White, assistant director for hypersonics at the Pentagon, said the department is taking an accelerated four-phase approach for the technology's development, DOD said […]
The Intelligence Community has released guidelines on how intelligence agencies can ethically and responsibly develop and use artificial intelligence technologies. Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe said the principles will help intelligence agency leaders and data scientists as they leverage technology in solving intelligence problems, The Hill reported Thursday. “The IC leads in developing and […]
The House of Representatives has voted to codify into law the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program as part of the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act. News of the FedRAMP provision was announced by Rep. Herry Connolly, chairman of the House Government Operations Subcommittee and a sponsor of the FedRAMP House bill, MeriTalk reported Tuesday. […]
The Department of Defense’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center must train its AI tools in a “diverse” enough way to become deployable globally and viable anywhere, the center’s top official said. Nand Mulchandani, JAIC’s acting director, said the agency’s existing training data set is not representative of factors such as global terrain, global information or human faces, DOD […]
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has not slowed down its productivity and information technology development during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a top agency official. Jamie Holcombe, USPTO's chief information officer, said the agency continued to churn out new services and to replace legacy capabilities because it had already established flexible workforce policies long […]
Sean Connelly, program manager of Trusted Internet Connections at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency, noted that cybersecurity is now at the core of the General Services Administration’s requirements for the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract vehicle. Speaking at the Cybersmart 2020 event, Connelly said that with CISA’s help, GSA was able to design the EIS vehicle […]
The Defense Information Systems Agency and the National Security Agency are leading the adoption of zero-trust best practices across the Department of Defense's enterprise. Vice Adm. Nancy Norton, commander of both DISA and the Joint Force Headquarters DOD Information Network, said the initial "Zero Trust Reference Architecture" will be completed before the end of 2020, […]
Chief information security officers within the departments of Agriculture and Veterans Affairs have shifted their focus on ensuring that their agencies are well equipped to accommodate the information technology demands of a remote workforce. Some of the main concerns identified by USDA CISO Venice Goodwine were the need for sufficient network capacity and virtual private […]
