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Army Futures Command’s Software Factory operations taking place on March 22, 2021 in Austin, Texas. (U.S. Army Photo by Mr. Luke J. Allen)

DOD publishes new software modernization strategy, memos on code

IT

Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, Heidi Shyu speaks to Defense Writers via zoom at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Jan. 13, 2022. (DoD photo by United States Marine Corps Sgt. Taryn Sammet)

Heidi Shyu gives first glance at new vision for DOD technology research

R&D

International military leaders pose for a photo with U.S. and Bahrain officials at Naval Support Activity (NSA) Bahrain, Jan. 31. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Mark Thomas Mahmod)

Navy kicks off largest unmanned exercise to date in Middle East

Cyber

John Sherman, Department of Defense Chief Information Officer, participates in a virtual panel, April 15, 2021. (DoD photo by Chad J. McNeeley)

John Sherman tapped to be acting chief digital and AI officer at DOD

AI

Jim Mattis, Raj Shah — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, left, speaks with Raj Shah at DIUx headquarters in Mountain View, California, in August 2017. (DOD photo / Flickr)

Former DIU leader gets seat on commission examining military budget

R&D

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Cyrus Bartony prepares a 3D printed face shield to be printed through modeling software April 9, 2020, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Mandy Foster)

Army seeking to add 3D printing to programming efforts over next 5 to 7 years

Emerging Tech

Maj. Gen. Garrett Yee, CISO, CIO/G-6 U.S. Army — Maj. Gen. Garrett Yee speaks May 31, 2018, at the Cyber Threat Intelligence Forum presented by FireEye and produced by FedScoop and CyberScoop. (FedScoop)

DISA’s MG Garret Yee plans to retire in April

Cyber

Shield AI contractors prepares the Vertical-BAT to launch aboard amphibious docking landing ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44), Jan. 23, 2022. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Marcela Diazdeleon)

Shield AI wins Air Force contract intended to help bridge ‘valley of death’

AI

Melissa Sweeney, LPN, left, and Jameshia Waller, LPN, discuss patient assessments on Tuesday, March 24, at Madigan Army Medical Center’s Winder Clinic on Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Tacoma, Wash. (Army photo)

Department of Defense adds 19,000 users to GENESIS health records system

IT