Senate policy bill orders cyber framework for AI procurement, CMMC report on small business impacts

By Sara Friedman / July 14, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The Senate Armed Services Committee has approved its version of the fiscal year 2026 defense authorization bill, with provisions to create a cyber framework for procuring artificial intelligence tech at the Defense Department and a new report on small business compliance with the Pentagon's cyber certification program. “Today, the United States is operating in the most dangerous threat environment since World War II. We face an axis of aggressors comprised of China, Russia, Iran and North Korea, and this axis...

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