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U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Aaron J. Seeley, a native of Corner, Alabama, graduates Marine Corps recruit training as the honor graduate for Platoon 2082, Fox Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina, Oct. 15, 2021. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kevin Lopez Herrera)

Marine Corps looks to machine learning for personnel retention

AI

Secretary of the Army Hon. Christine Wormuth and Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology), and Army Acquisition Executive Mr. Douglas R. Bush, briefed on capabilities of Army Applications Lab on September 20th, 2021, in Austin, Texas.

Army needs to better use recent software authorities, new acquisition leader says

IT

Palantir — (TechCrunch / Flickr)

Palantir CEO says lives have been ‘saved and taken’ with its software

Emerging Tech

Oracle — The Oracle logo on an office building in Irvine, California. (REUTERS / Mike Blake)

Oracle cloud authorized to host top secret data for DOD

IT

Developing programming and coding technologies. Website design. Cyber space concept.

JAIC piloting artificial intelligence education for DOD

AI

(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Marita Schwab)

The Army is trying to jump-start its venture capital arm

R&D

Staff Sgt. Alek Albrecht participates in a Network War Bridge Course at the 39th Information Operations Squadron Sept. 19, 2014, Hurlburt Field, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Krystal Ardrey)

Air Force hackathon puts real data on open source code

Emerging Tech

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin speaks to U.S. Navy personnel about the Saildrone Explorer unmanned surface vessel, attached to Task Force (TF) 59, at Naval Support Activity Bahrain, Nov. 21. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Mark Thomas Mahmod)

Task Force 59: The future of the Navy’s unmanned systems or a one-off win?

Emerging Tech

Chief Information Security Officer for Acquisitions Katie Arrington delivers a keynote speech during the Military Satellite Communications Digital Week, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Dec. 8, 2020. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando)

Katie Arrington resigns from DOD, announces bid for Congress

Cyber