The test was a big achievement for two much-criticized programs: the Joint Strike Fighter and the Army’s IBCS network — and for the services’ struggle to work better together in a future war.

Innovators! You have until Aug. 23 to submit white papers on how to make the future infantry squad “10 times more effective.”

Overheated headlines to the contrary, the Defense Secretary is keeping all his options open on the controversial cloud computing contract.

The release of the full 60-page ruling provides new insights on how Judge Bruggink decided the case.

An independent advisory group recommends the JEDI program be put on hold until the Defense Department’s cloud procurement plan is redone and syncs with the CIO’s cloud strategy.

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.

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.”