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Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines speaks during a hearing with the Senate Armed Services Committee on May 04, 2023 in Washington, DC. Haines testified alongside Defense Intelligence Agency Director Lt. Gen. Scott Berrier and took questions on the intelligence communities annual threat assessment. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Intelligence community working with private sector to understand impacts of generative AI

The United States’ intelligence community is looking to engage with the private sector to help them assess the technology, U.S. Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines told…

May 4, 2023 By Mikayla Easley

Overhead view of NGA Campus East (NGA photo)

NGA picks 13 companies to compete through $900M intelligence support contracting vehicle

The agency is pretty tight-lipped about the work GEO-SPI B will fundamentally enable, but a spokesperson shared some details with DefenseScoop on Tuesday.

May 2, 2023 By Brandi Vincent

Committee chairman Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) and ranking member Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) take their seats as they arrive for a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing concerning worldwide threats, on Capitol Hill March 8, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Emerging tech takes center stage at Senate Intelligence Committee hearing focused on worldwide threats

Sen. Mark Warner, chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, believes the nature of emerging technology has fundamentally changed the nature of national security.

Mar 8, 2023 By Mark Pomerleau

IARPA to develop novel AI that automatically generates tips to improve intel reports

The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity's new REASON program aims to help intel analysts generate better reports.

Jan 6, 2023 By Brandi Vincent

Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines (C) listens during a House Intelligence Committee hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on March 08, 2022 in Washington, DC. The committee met to discuss worldwide threats including Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and heard from intelligence officials including both Haines, Director of the National Security Agency Gen. Paul Nakasone, FBI Director Christopher Wray, CIA Director William Burns, and Lt. Gen. Scott Berrier, the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Lawmakers question whether the intelligence community needs its own ‘WERX’ tech incubator

An NDAA provision would mandate intel agencies to investigate their gaps with deploying AI and other emerging tech.

Dec 20, 2022 By Brandi Vincent

Defense Intelligence Agency confronts data access challenges in complex move to the cloud

The intelligence component’s CIO said his team is looking to commercial vendors to innovate in those areas.

Aug 23, 2022 By Brandi Vincent

Space Force, intelligence agencies close to completing new strategic review

A new memo on space-based intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance requirements is also in the works.

Jun 2, 2022 By Brandi Vincent

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Paul Coffy (center, seated) views the status of the virtual exercise environment as two West Virginia University students and U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Adam Brenner (right) observe. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Mallory Coleman)

Intel disclosures becoming ‘instrument of power’ to ‘throw adversaries off their game’

The recent trend of disclosing intelligence can help to disrupt potential adversary activities and make them think twice, according to a Cyber Command official.

Apr 20, 2022 By Mark Pomerleau

A man crosses the Central Intelligence Agency seal in the lobby of CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia, on August 14, 2008. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Intelligence community navigating role of alerting public through information disclosures

The intelligence community is working to better inform the public of disinformation and malicious efforts by declassifying information and working with open source material.

Apr 13, 2022 By Mark Pomerleau

Space Force ISR chief wants new tech to monitor adversaries’ satellites

A Chinese or Russian attack could knock out the U.S. military's communications, command and control, and PNT capabilities.

Mar 24, 2022 By Jon Harper