Thursday, October 3, 2024
Jaspreet Gill was the senior technology reporter for Inside the Army until January 2022. She graduated from Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications with a master's degree in magazine, newspaper and online journalism in 2019. Previously, she covered local upstate and central New York politics, community news and the 2018 midterm elections.
The Defense Department through its Artificial Intelligence and Data Acceleration initiative established last year has so far visited eight combatant commands and plans to wrap up visits with the remaining three COCOMs this month.
The Defense Innovation Unit has published new directives on how to operationalize responsible artificial intelligence guidelines adopted by the Pentagon in an effort to accelerate adoption of commercial technology within DOD.
Industry and congressional lawmakers say increasing investment in science, technology, engineering and math education and workforce development are key factors to strengthening a domestic manufacturing base and supply chain security.
An industry group formed earlier this year is calling for a holistic approach to the microelectronics "ecosystem" that includes increasing federal investment in the printed circuit board industry to build a resilient supply chain and domestic manufacturing base.
House and Senate lawmakers are directing the Pentagon's Strategic Capabilities Office to establish a pilot program oriented around broad missions to close significant capability gaps in "high-priority theaters" with funding sourced from private investment resources.
The Pentagon is creating a new centralized office responsible for accelerating and strengthening the integration of artificial intelligence and data functions, a senior defense official told reporters today.
SIMI VALLEY, CA -- A lawmaker on the House Armed Services Committee is urging the development of a collaborative initiative focused on workforce development to strengthen U.S. manufacturing.
SIMI VALLEY, CA -- The Pentagon's chief technology officer is aiming to address four critical capability gaps through a planned set of joint technology experiments starting in fiscal year 2023, but an appropriations delay on Capitol Hill could hold up the department's schedule.
The Pentagon's chief technology officer today warned the microelectronics manufacturing industry could be disrupted by supply chain vulnerabilities and stressed the need for the United States to re-shore its commercial microelectronics capability.
In order to revitalize its manufacturing competitiveness to compete with China, the United States must scale up workforce training, modernize the Defense Production Act and establish new partnerships with allies, according to a new report from a Ronald Reagan Institute task force.
The Defense Department has invited four major cloud service providers to submit bids for its multivendor Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability effort.
The Pentagon is asking industry to provide technologies that could be included in a capability experimentation next year focused on data discovery innovation and visualization.
The Pentagon's chief technology officer is establishing a new Defense Science Board Task Force to provide a "quick study" report on emerging hardware and materials and advise on research developments, according to a new Defense Department memo.
The Pentagon next month will formally launch its delayed new office responsible for accelerating the adoption of its "zero-trust" cybersecurity program, a senior Defense Department official said Wednesday.
The National Guard Bureau just hired its first chief data officer to reform and manage its data, according to a senior official.
The Defense Department will soon release a document outlining its technology priorities, the Pentagon's chief technology officer announced today.
The Defense Department announced today it is revamping its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program after completing a months-long internal review.
The National Spectrum Consortium has launched a new industry group to explore the use of mid-band spectrum available for commercial 5G with the Defense Department.
The Pentagon's new artificial intelligence and data accelerator initiative will help inform the Defense Department on how to enable combatant commands to use the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability, a senior DOD official said this week.
BALTIMORE, MD -- The Defense Information Systems Agency is starting a "zero-based review" of its systems and budget portfolio, the agency's director said here today.