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Spc. Daniel Novak, a signal operations support specialist conducts a pre-mission inspection of a Stryker combat vehicle during Ivy Mass at Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site, Colorado, May 17, 2026. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Jacob Cruz)

Operation Jailbreak: the Army’s massive push to hack its own systems and make them talk to each other

No business developers, keen on growing their company’s margins, were allowed – only engineers keen on solving code. A company’s “ticket to entry” amounted to a willingness…
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…
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."
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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.
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