July 2023

Air Force finalizing Cloud One follow-on acquisition strategy with RFP coming soon

The Air Force expects to release an RFP by the end of the summer and issue multiple contract awards sometime in 2024.

Jul 31, 2023 By Mikayla Easley

WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 26: Ryan Graves, executive director of Americans for Safe Aerospace, testifies during a House Oversight Committee hearing titled “Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Implications on National Security, Public Safety, and Government Transparency” on Capitol Hill 26, 2023 in Washington, DC. Several witnesses are testifying about their experience with possible UFO encounters and discussion about a potential covert government program concerning debris from crashed, non-human origin spacecraft. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

UAP hearing sparks clash between Pentagon officials, witnesses

In official and unofficial statements shared online and via email late last week, Defense Department personnel pushed back on assertions made at last week's House hearing on…

Jul 31, 2023 By Brandi Vincent

An UH-60 Black Hawk flies multiple passes at different altitudes over the runway during a series of 5G avionics tests March 2, 2022, at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. A 5G mobile test station was used during the testing as part of demonstration to implement 5G technologies without compromising the safety of military and civilian aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Cynthia Griggs)

Pentagon, telecom industry’s battle over spectrum symptomatic of a troubled system

The U.S. military uses a part of the mid-band spectrum to operate its radars, satellites, navigation systems and more. Now wireless companies want that same spectrum to…

Jul 31, 2023 By Mikayla Easley

Staff Sgt. Gregory Fretz, cyber operations specialist with 178th Cyber Protection, Mississippi Army National Guard, monitors cyber attacks during Exercise Southern Strike at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, April 21, 2023. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Renee Seruntine)

Army tests tool for detecting bots on social media

DataRobot was tested at Fort Eisenhower during the annual Cyber Quest event.

Jul 31, 2023 By Mark Pomerleau

The Booz Allen Hamilton logo is seen on a building in Annapolis Junction, Maryland, on March 11, 2019. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)

DISA awards production deal for Thunderdome zero-trust initiative

DISA has awarded a follow-on other transaction agreement to Booz Allen Hamilton to continue its work on zero trust.

Jul 31, 2023 By Jon Harper

WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 11: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) arrives to a classified all-Senate briefing on Artificial Intelligence at the U.S. Capitol on July 11, 2023 in Washington, DC. Briefers included members from the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Lawmakers pass AI ‘Group of Four’ amendments package in Senate NDAA

Two provisions would direct new responsibilities explicitly for the Pentagon's Chief Digital and AI Office.

Jul 28, 2023 By Brandi Vincent

TAIWAN STRAIT (Sept. 20, 2022) Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Joseph Dumas, from West Palm Beach, Florida, identifies contacts while standing lookout watch on the bridge wing of the guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76) as the ship conducts routine Taiwan Strait transit. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Donavan K. Patubo)

Navy pings industry while scouting for new tech to help Pacific Fleet counter China

The sea service released a sources-sought notice for its Pacific SCOUT initiative.

Jul 28, 2023 By Jon Harper

Army cyber specialists defend the network at the tactical operations center for 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, on Fort Bliss, Texas, during Network Integration Evaluation 16.1, which ran from Sept. 25 to Oct. 8, 2015. (Photo Credit: David Vergun)

Army officially creates new offensive cyber and space program office

Christopher Green assumed the role for project management for cyber and space within the program executive office for intelligence, electronic warfare and sensors.

Jul 28, 2023 By Mark Pomerleau

NATO taps MITRE to lead AI adoption and assurance ‘exploratory teams’

The NATO military alliance intends to apply the teams’ findings to inform its next biannual AI strategy update.

Jul 27, 2023 By Brandi Vincent

U.S. soldiers assigned to 82nd Airborne 3rd Brigade Combat Team, train with the Integrated Visual Augmentation System as a part of Project Convergence 2022. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Thiem Huynh)

Army acquisition chief sees ‘competitive environment’ for IVAS alternatives if Microsoft’s system doesn’t satisfy

The Army received IVAS 1.2 earlier this week and it will soon conduct “soldier touch points” to give potential end users the opportunity to provide feedback.

Jul 27, 2023 By Jon Harper