Deborah Gracio, a 35-year Pacific Northwest National Laboratory veteran, will take on the role of PNNL director in October. Battelle said Thursday Gracio will succeed Steven Ashby, who announced his intent to
Sonny Hashmi, commissioner of the General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service as well as a previous Wash100 Award winner, said the Ascend blanket purchase agreement for cloud services will be different from
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Nikolai Joseph, policy analyst at NASA’s office of technology, policy and strategy, said the agency is reevaluating the feasibility of space-based solar power through a short-term study, SpaceNews reported Saturday. “As the
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A Defense Innovation Unit prototyping project that seeks to develop multiagent teams of autonomous unmanned aircraft systems has concluded a five-day flight test event. The Artificial Intelligence for Small Unit Maneuver project
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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is soliciting comments on a proposed five-step process for evaluating the cybersecurity of 5G systems. CISA worked with the Department of Homeland Security’s science and
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The U.S. Space Force has unveiled a program meant to evaluate the cybersecurity of commercial satellite services providers doing business with the Department of Defense, SpaceNews reported Thursday. The Infrastructure Asset Pre-Approval
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Michael Horowitz, director of the emerging capabilities policy office at the Department of Defense, said DOD could issue later this year its updated directive on autonomous weapons systems that takes into consideration
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Lynne Parker, director of the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Office at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, said the National AI Research Resource Task Force submitted to the president
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Phillip Swagel, director of the Congressional Budget Office, said CBO projects the federal budget deficit to drop from $2.8 trillion in 2021 to $1 trillion in 2022 as the economy bounces back
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The Department of Defense’s Joint Interoperability Test Command held a groundbreaking on May 17 for a $35 million facility at Fort Huachuca in Arizona as part of efforts to expand JITC’s capability
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The Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, Defense Digital Service and ADVANA or the Office of Advancing Analytics will stop operating as independent organizations as they become part of the newly established office of
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