Joseph Tonon, a former Amazon Web Services executive, has been named director of the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency. Under Secretary of War for Intelligence and Security Bradley Hansell announced Tonon’s selection
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National Reconnaissance Office Director Chris Scolese, a five-time Wash100 awardee, said artificial intelligence is transforming how NRO delivers space-based intelligence capabilities that support national security missions. As NRO and other agencies within
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The Food and Drug Administration has launched Elsa 4.0, the latest version of its internal artificial intelligence platform, and consolidated more than 40 agency application and submission systems into a new data
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The U.S. Coast Guard is consolidating its deployable specialized forces under a new Special Missions Command headquartered in Kearneysville, West Virginia, the service said Wednesday. As the Coast Guard advances modernization efforts with
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The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration has completed a new High Explosives Science and Engineering facility, or HESE, designed to enhance nuclear weapons maintenance and high-explosives research operations at the Pantex
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The U.S. Army intends to implement its Next Generation Command and Control architecture throughout all 11 divisions during the five-year Future Years Defense Program window, Breaking Defense reported Wednesday. Brig. Gen. Shane
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The U.S. Army has announced that Chief Information Officer Leonel Garciga, a two-time Wash100 awardee, stepped down from his role on Friday. As government and industry officials continue conversations about Army modernization
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Center for AI Standards and Innovation, or CAISI, has signed agreements with Google DeepMind, Microsoft and xAI to support frontier artificial intelligence testing and research
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The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health has launched a new program aimed at accelerating biomedical discovery through an artificial intelligence-enabled research ecosystem designed to improve reproducibility, collaboration and disease modeling. ARPA-H
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Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll, a 2026 Wash100 Award winner, and leaders from major defense companies announced the launch of the “Right to Integrate” hackathon to accelerate the integration of Army systems with industry
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