Judge Bruggink ruled on two key grounds — technical requirements and conflict of interest — but was silent on a third: whether the Pentagon’s plan to award the JEDI contract to a single vendor is fundamentally flawed.

At stake is not just a $10 billion IT contract, but an information age weapon.

And make it snappy: The deadline is July 26th.

DARPA’s LogX program will move DoD logistics and supply chain data to the cloud.

How do you find hundreds of vulnerabilities hidden in millions of lines of firmware code?

Trump’s declaration has to be translated into legal rules — by officials who don’t share his conciliatory stance.

“This is such a data-rich world that the person who can command that data first is the one who’s gonna have a real advantage.”

From repelling bugs to protecting divers in dangerous waters, scientists are pushing the boundaries of biotech.

“We are heavily in the Army sensor market and network computing. That’s where we’re able to improve our position,” Lynn told me. “It’s creating new markets that’s been the key.”

At issue is not just this particular program, but the much wider question of how a Pentagon testing apparatus designed for big industrial age programs can keep up with the much faster and more fluid upgrade cycles of information technology.