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Soldiers assigned to Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 66th Armored Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, establish a fighting position during Ivy Sting 5 on Fort Carson, Colorado, March 11, 2026. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Kristen Cruz)

‘Expose your interfaces’: Army pushes industry to open up software for ‘hackathon’

“We are setting conditions to where being open is industry’s ticket to participate,” said Dr. Alex Miller, chief technology officer for the Army. “If you do not…

3 hours ago By Drew F. Lawrence

DAHLGREN, Va. – The Weapons Control and Integration Department team of interns watch the big screen as their digital convoy of World War II era U.S. Navy ships battles with enemy U-boats during the Innovation Lab’s Wargaming Hackathon in 2022. (DOD photo by Stacia Courtney)

Navy moves to upsurge innovation challenges, hackathons

DefenseScoop was briefed on the new Navy memorandum issued to promote a fresh "structured challenges approach."

May 30, 2024 By Brandi Vincent

Mountain Pass Rare Earth Mine in Mountain Pass, California (MP Materials image)

AI-focused ‘hackathons’ to kick off early next year as White House moves to strengthen US supply chains

DARPA is gearing up to host a series of events that aim to develop artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities in order to streamline the tedious critical…

Nov 28, 2023 By Mikayla Easley

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Using IT modernization to enable warfighters; What Air Force is learning from hackathons

Celonis’ Chris Lisk; Air Force’s Stuart Wagner and Jimmy “Rev” Jones.

Feb 15, 2023 By DefenseScoop Staff

The Chief Digital Transformation Officer for the Air Force and Space Force Stuart Wagner, right, talks with members of Kessel Run at One Beacon, Boston, Mass., June 22, 2021. (U.S. Air Force photo by Richard Blumenstein)

Air Force to bring top-secret data into the mix in next weapons system hackathon

The next BRAVO hackthon will be run at three classification levels sometime this summer.

May 12, 2022 By Billy Mitchell

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

The hackathon was the first of its kind. The broader goal is to "attack the ATO," the chief digital transformation officer said.

Feb 10, 2022 By Jackson Barnett