2024 NDAA Archives

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

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Timothy Haugh testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee during his confirmation hearing to be the next leader of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on July 20, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Cybercom nominee urges lawmakers to pass policy and spending bills to addressing readiness issues

Lt. Gen. Timothy Haugh said passing the NDAA and appropriations bills are essential for the command's growth and maturation.

Jul 20, 2023 By Mark Pomerleau

WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 7, 2020: Senator Angus King, an Independent from Maine, speaks during a Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing for Kenneth Braithwaite. (Photo by: Al Drago-Pool/Getty Images)

Senators propose new DOD-led prize competition for tech to detect and watermark generative AI

Lawmakers are worried about the potential for large language models to be militarized.

Jul 12, 2023 By Brandi Vincent

Senate Armed Services Committee looks to tackle cyber mission force readiness — again

A provision in the Senate Armed Services Committee fiscal 2024 National Defense Authorization Act aims to create more uniformity between how each service provides forces to U.S.…

Jul 11, 2023 By Mark Pomerleau

Airman 1st Class Gerald Mack, cyber operator with 175th Cyber Operations, Maryland Air National Guard, monitors cyber attacks during Exercise Southern Strike at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, April 21, 2023. Southern Strike 2023 is a large-scale, joint multinational combat exercise hosted by the Mississippi National Guard that provides tactical level training for the full spectrum of conflict. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Renee Seruntine)

House panel wants study on ‘occupational resiliency’ of Cybercom’s operators

An amendment offered as part of the fiscal 2024 NDAA would require the Pentagon to study the factors that could lead to the degradation of mental health…

Jun 22, 2023 By Mark Pomerleau

Staff Sgt. Tullis Moore a cyber operator with 175th Cyber Operations, Maryland Air National Guard monitors cyber attacks during Exercise Southern Strike at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, April 21, 2023. Southern Strike 2023 is a large-scale, joint multinational combat exercise hosted by the Mississippi National Guard that provides tactical level training for the full spectrum of conflict. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Renee Seruntine)

House bill directs study on redundancies in cyber training and funding across military services

A provision in the chairman's mark of the House Armed Services Committee's Fiscal 2024 National Defense Authorization Act directs a GAO study regarding cyber operations.

Jun 13, 2023 By Mark Pomerleau

An aerial view of the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., May 11, 2021. (DOD photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Brittany A. Chase)

Legislators call for reorganizing Pentagon’s R&D office, shifting focus to commercial tech integration

HASC members are proposing to change the official job title of the Pentagon’s chief technology officer and give the official new responsibilities.

Jun 12, 2023 By Mikayla Easley

U.S. Army soldiers assigned to “Wild Bill” Platoon, 1st Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment and 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment conduct electronic warfare training during Combined Resolve XV, Feb. 23, 2021 at the Hohenfels Training Area. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Julian Padua)

House panel wants faster adoption of AI-enabled electromagnetic spectrum classification tools

A key congressional subcommittee wants the Pentagon to accelerate the development and fielding of artificial intelligence tech to classify electronic signals on the battlefield for conventional forces.

Jun 12, 2023 By Mark Pomerleau

photo of quantum machine — Quantum supercomputer (Getty Images)

Lawmakers aim to establish DOD pilot focused on near-term quantum computing applications

A subcommittee mark of the 2024 defense policy bill would direct the Pentagon to partner with a federally funded research and development center and the quantum industry…

Jun 12, 2023 By Jon Harper

Soldiers, airmen and industry partners conduct network surveillance during Cyber Shield 19 training week at Camp Atterbury, Indiana, April 7, 2019. (U.S. Army National Guard Photo by Staff Sgt. George B. Davis)

Lawmakers pushing for more integration of National Guard, Reserve personnel into DOD cyber forces

An item included in a House Armed Services Subcommittee mark of the fiscal 2024 National Defense Authorization Act demands answers as to why past requirements directing more…

Jun 12, 2023 By Mark Pomerleau