
A House Armed Services Committee (HASC) panel approved its markup Thursday of a defense authorization bill, with wide-ranging cyber directives for Pentagon officials to bolster artificial intelligence (AI) oversight and cyber partnership engagement. Lawmakers on the Emerging Threats and Capabilities subcommittee unanimously agreed to send its portion of the FY '19 National Defense Authorization Act to the full committee, including provisions for expanding Defense Department cyber support to the Department of Homeland Security's efforts to protect critical infrastructure from cyber…