Pentagon
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CyberDoD To Hold Public Hearing For New CMMC Standards This Spring, Detailing Initial Pilot Programs Soon
The Pentagon will hold a public hearing in late April or early May for its new cyber security contracting standards, as the department readies to select third party auditors and […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyOfficials: DoD On Track For First Hypersonic Glide Body Test Later This Year, Exploring Cruise Missile Configurations
Officials leading the Pentagon’s hypersonic weapon development affirmed Monday the department is on track for the first flight test later this year under the Conventional Prompt Strike program and said […]
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BudgetBipartisan Group of Lawmakers Criticize DoD Procurement Reprogramming to Trump’s Border Wall
Lawmakers across Capitol Hill are fighting against the Trump administration’s shift of nearly $4 billion in procurement funding to fund new border wall construction, with multiple defense-oriented Republican members citing […]
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PentagonPentagon Adopts New Ethical Principles For Artificial Intelligence
The Pentagon said Monday it has adopted a set of ethical principles for artificial intelligence capabilities, with officials viewing the new guidelines as an opportunity to bolster collaboration with non-traditional […]
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PentagonPentagon Policy Leader Rood to Step Down at Urging of President
The Defense Department’s top policy director submitted a letter of resignation Feb. 19 saying he will leave his post at the end of the month, stating plainly that his departure […]
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InternationalState Department: ‘Room to Reconcile’ on U.S.-Turkey F-35 Debacle
The State Department continues to hold the door open to Turkey to rejoin the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program if it opts to procure a compatible integrated air defense system […]
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BudgetLawmakers Slam Pentagon Request to Divert Military Equipment Funds to Border Wall
Democrats on Capitol Hill were quick to respond to the new reprogramming request from the Pentagon, which would divert $3.8 billion in fiscal year 2020 defense appropriations funds to the […]
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PentagonPentagon, Microsoft Ordered To Pause Work On JEDI Cloud While Court Considers Amazon’s Protest
A federal judge has ordered the Pentagon and Microsoft [MSFT] to pause work on the potential $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud program while the court considers Amazon’s [AMZN] […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyPentagon and Military Service Budget Requests for AI May See Avionics Applications
The Pentagon has requested $800 million for research and development for artificial intelligence (AI), including the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) and Project Maven, in the DoD fiscal 2021 budget […]
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CongressHASC Minority Leader Concerned Over Reduced Basic Research Funds in FY ’21 Request
House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Ranking Member Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) wants to make sure that the Pentagon’s fiscal year 2021 request for more research-and-development prototyping funds does not come […]