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President Joe Biden has nominated U.S. Navy Vice Adm. William Houston as director of the Department of Energy's Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program.Houston, who currently commands the Naval Submarine Forces, Submarine...

MITRE has joined Carnegie Mellon University’s new artificial intelligence-focused multidisciplinary research coalition. Funded by a $20 million grant from the National Science Foundation, the AI Institute for Societal Decision Making aims...

The Biden-Harris Administration has released the National Standards Strategy for Critical and Emerging Technology, which sets guidelines to ensure that U.S. technologies are safe and interoperable. Based on four guiding principles,...

The White House said it will stop implementing COVID-19 vaccination requirements for federal contractors and employees and foreign air travelers on May 11. The move will coincide with the end...

Eric Goldstein, executive assistant director for cybersecurity at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, recently laid out four steps small and medium businesses should take to protect their organizations from...

The U.S. Navy achieved initial operating capability for the mine countermeasures mission package and AN/AQS-20 sonar mine detection sets installed on its littoral combat ships.The systems and sensors passed operational...

The U.S. Marine Corps has tested the data transmission capabilities of the Department of Defense's next-generation satellite communications system for the MQ-25 Stingray aerial refueling drone using the UH-1Y Venom...

The State Department has approved a potential $110 million foreign military sale of the Naval Strike Missile Coastal Defense System and related equipment to the government of Latvia.The foreign buyer...

Microsoft's Digital Threat Analysis Center has revealed that Iranian state actors are employing cyber-enabled influence operations to boost cyberattacks and achieve greater geopolitical impact.Clint Watts, general manager of the Digital...

Gen. Paul Nakasone, commander of U.S. Cyber Command and a 2023 Wash100 awardee, revealed that “persistent engagement” is Cybercom's strategic approach to operate in a challenging strategic environment, DOD News...