President Donald Trump has nominated Kirsten Davies, a technology and cybersecurity leader, to serve as the Department of Defense’s chief information officer. According to a congressional notice, the Senate received Davies’ nomination
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Ashley Manning, principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for cyber policy, said the Department of Defense is using offensive cyber capabilities to improve southern border security and disrupt the networks of transnational
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David Gallagher has been selected as the next director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. NASA said Wednesday California Institute of Technology, which manages the JPL, chose Gallagher to succeed Laurie Leshin, who will officially
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Microsoft has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory to advance fusion research. In a blog post published Wednesday, Microsoft said the partnership covers not just research efforts
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Current contracting procedures at the Department of Defense hinder companies, particularly nontraditional contractors and small- and medium-sized businesses, from participating in the defense acquisition process, according to MITRE’s Defense Acquisition Survey. More
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Sens. Bill Cassidy, R-La., and Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., have introduced the Protection Against Foreign Adversarial Artificial Intelligence Act of 2025 to protect federal data from adversarial artificial intelligence technologies, such as DeepSeek.
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Three top officials of the Department of the Air Force have informed the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense that there is a critical need for resources, creative thinking and advanced capabilities to address
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Jerry Ma announced on LinkedIn Tuesday that he is stepping down as chief artificial intelligence officer and director of emerging technology at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The executive leaves USPTO after
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The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that the Trump administration’s trade policies could make the Lockheed Martin-built F-35 fighter jet more expensive. The aircraft program relies on more than a thousand suppliers from about a dozen countries
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The General Services Administration has announced the launch of a website that will provide updates on efforts to modernize the Federal Acquisition Regulation, or FAR, to streamline the federal procurement process. GSA
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