The Department of Defense considers hypersonics and counter-hypersonics among its top technical modernization priorities, according to Ellen Lord, the undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment. "We are continuing on an accelerated path to develop and field land-, sea- and air-launched hypersonic weapons, as well as developing options for defense against adversary hypersonic missile capabilities […]
The Intelligence Community has released guidelines on how intelligence agencies can ethically and responsibly develop and use artificial intelligence technologies. Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe said the principles will help intelligence agency leaders and data scientists as they leverage technology in solving intelligence problems, The Hill reported Thursday. “The IC leads in developing and […]
The Department of Defense is aggressively pursuing the development of hypersonic weapons capability in the face of strong competition from Russia and China, according to a weapons official from the agency. Mike White, assistant director for hypersonics at the Pentagon, said the department is taking an accelerated four-phase approach for the technology's development, DOD said […]
The House of Representatives has voted to codify into law the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program as part of the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act. News of the FedRAMP provision was announced by Rep. Herry Connolly, chairman of the House Government Operations Subcommittee and a sponsor of the FedRAMP House bill, MeriTalk reported Tuesday. […]
Chief information security officers within the departments of Agriculture and Veterans Affairs have shifted their focus on ensuring that their agencies are well equipped to accommodate the information technology demands of a remote workforce. Some of the main concerns identified by USDA CISO Venice Goodwine were the need for sufficient network capacity and virtual private […]
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has not slowed down its productivity and information technology development during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a top agency official. Jamie Holcombe, USPTO's chief information officer, said the agency continued to churn out new services and to replace legacy capabilities because it had already established flexible workforce policies long […]
The Defense Information Systems Agency and the National Security Agency are leading the adoption of zero-trust best practices across the Department of Defense's enterprise. Vice Adm. Nancy Norton, commander of both DISA and the Joint Force Headquarters DOD Information Network, said the initial "Zero Trust Reference Architecture" will be completed before the end of 2020, […]
Citadel Defense announced it has released a new artificial intelligence software for securely networking multiple Titan systems and autonomously protecting against 98 percent of commercial off-the-shelf drones. Company CEO Christopher Williams said Citadel's offering can cost-effectively handle threats across all modalities of operation for the benefit of troops, the company announced Tuesday. “We are not […]
Republican Rep. John Katko has introduced legislation designed to enhance national cybersecurity, with a focus on the Department of Homeland Security. Katko proposed three bills that would help improve leadership at DHS' cybersecurity-focused branch, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, The Hill reported Monday. "The time for our nation to take cybersecurity seriously is far overdue," […]
An amendment to the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act aims to establish a new Office of Joint Cyber Planning that would promote cybersecurity partnership between the government and private sector to defend against adversarial cyber attacks, particularly from Russia and China. The office, as proposed, would be at the forefront of government-wide and public-private planning and […]
