Pentagon Searching For New Ways To Move Gear During Next War
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As the Pentagon wrestles with how to ready itself for competition with China and Russia, the issue of how to move troops, equipment, and supplies around the globe is becoming increasingly important.
DoD, Industry Sparring Over New Cyber Rules, Ellen Lord Says
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Ellen Lord, the Pentagon’s chief weapons buyer, told a small group of reporters here Friday morning that her office is trying to put rules in place to protect against buying “software that has Russian or Chinese provenance, for instance, and quite often that’s difficult to tell at first glance because of holding companies,” that move the software through the open market.
Pentagon Wants Industry to be Smart on Cyber, But No Plan Yet
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Under constant cyber attack, the Pentagon is struggling to find ways to incorporate cyber security as part of the contracting process.
Mattis, Visiting Balkans, Sees Russian Meddling and ‘Hybrid’ Threats to Allies
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Russia is threatening the confidence of the young democracies in the Balkan region, where countries have been flocking to NATO and the European Union and leaving Moscow behind.
Pratt & Whitney Enters Incubator Biz To Slash Development Time in Half
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As the Pentagon and the defense industry rush to keep up with the shift to great power competition and the fight for tech workers rushing for Silicon Valley, the idea of technology incubators is catching fire.
Pentagon Ramps Up Civilian Hiring; Other Agencies Get Cut
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Given the two-year break from sequestration, the Pentagon is hurrying up to hire civilians to push the modernization of the force to head off advances by China and Russia, a new DoD strategy document says.
Pentagon-Run AI Center Coming, Hypersonics Work in Progress
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The Pentagon wants its new AI center up and running in six months, but is taking a different track on directed energy and hypersonics, Deputy Defense Secretary Shanahan says.
Whack 7 DoD Agencies, HASC Chair’s Bill Proposes
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Pentagon brass are taking a look at what chaff can be cut in order to push along weapons systems like lasers and hypersonics. And they have some powerful Capitol Hill allies.
Pentagon, Intel Agencies Set Up New AI Joint Office
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The Pentagon is moving out quickly to get in front of Chinese advances in artificial intelligence, and is rushing a plan up to Capitol Hill to work with the intel community more closely.
US Sounds Alarms Over Chinese Tech, IP Thefts & Espionage
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The alarm bells are going off all over Washington and Silicon Valley that Chinese startup investors are coming — and are pumping their money into tech startups at a pace that is making Congress stand up and take notice. Just this week, President Donald Trump cited national security concerns when he blocked Singapore-based Broadcom’s proposed… Keep reading →