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Lt. Gen. Stephen Fogarty, Maj. Gen. Matthew Glavy Among Leaders Named to Lead Service Cyber Commands
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Lt. Gen. Stephen Fogarty, Maj. Gen. Matthew Glavy Among Leaders Named to Lead Service Cyber Commands


Lt. Gen. Stephen Fogarty, Maj. Gen. Matthew Glavy Among Leaders Named to Lead Service Cyber CommandsSeveral military leaders have been named to lead cyber commands at U.S. service branches, Fifth Domain reported Tuesday.

Lt. Gen. Stephen Fogarty, formerly chief of staff of the U.S. Cyber Command, succeeded Gen. Paul Nakasone as head of the Army Cyber Command and commander of Joint Task Force-Ares on June 1.

Nakasone, a 2018 Wash100 recipient, now heads Cybercom and serves as director of the National Security Agency.

The report said Maj. Gen. Matthew Glavy, formerly commander of the 2nd Marine aircraft wing and deputy director of current operations at Cybercom, is scheduled on July 2 to replace Maj. Gen. Lori Reynolds as head of the Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command.

Vice Adm. Timothy White, commander of the Cyber National Mission Force, officially assumed leadership of the U.S. Fleet Cyber Command/U.S. 10th fleet on June 18 after Vice Adm. Michael Gilday moves to the Joint Staff as director of operations.

Maj. Gen. Robert Skinner, deputy commander of the Air Force Space Command, will assume command of the 24th Air Force/Air Forces Cyber in the summer of 2018, the report added.

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DoD Instructs Defense Science Board to Convene Task Force on Autonomous Threats
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DoD Instructs Defense Science Board to Convene Task Force on Autonomous Threats
Michael Griffin

Michael Griffin, the Defense Department‘s undersecretary for research and engineering, recently instructed the Defense Science Board to convene a task force that would evaluate the current and long-term abilities of U.S. forces to counter the threat posed by physical as well as digital autonomous systems.

The task force must investigate potential counter-autonomy solutions across all combat domains and address a variety of issues such as understanding the full spectrum of autonomous threats, identifying and filling the gaps in U.S. counter-autonomy capabilities, and determining appropriate acquisition, testing and training methodologies for counter-autonomy solutions, Griffin, a 2018 Wash100 awardee, said in a memo that he issued on June 18.

Griffin expects the study to take from nine to 12 months to complete and a final report to be published no more than three months thereafter.

 

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U.S., South Korea Reaffirm Digital Partnership at 4th ICT Policy Forum
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U.S., South Korea Reaffirm Digital Partnership at 4th ICT Policy Forum


U.S., South Korea Reaffirm Digital Partnership at 4th ICT Policy ForumThe U.S. and South Korea stressed during their fourth Information and Communications Technology Policy Forum on June 22 that they will sustain their partnership in modernizing and promoting a safer digital economy.

The two countries said in a statement published Monday they will continue to develop policies that support an efficient, inclusive and transparent virtual environment while protecting privacy and countering disruption, fraud and theft.

During the meeting, the U.S. and Republic of Korea also recognized the need to coordinate with private companies to support new technologies and a growing digital system. The two nations touched on the topics of commercializing 5G mobile communication platforms and adopting artificial intelligence.

The U.S. and South Korea expect to hold their fifth ICT policy forum in Washington, D.C., in 2019.

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Sen. Mark Warner: US Govt Needs to Address Security Clearance Backlog, Establish Cyber Guidelines
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Sen. Mark Warner: US Govt Needs to Address Security Clearance Backlog, Establish Cyber Guidelines


Sen. Mark Warner: US Govt Needs to Address Security Clearance Backlog, Establish Cyber Guidelines
Mark Warner

Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., has said he considers the security clearance backlog and the lack of a cyber doctrine as national security crises, Federal News Radio reported Monday.

The Senate Intelligence Committee’s vice chairman said Friday at a Northern Virginia Technology Council event that the security clearance process takes 540 days to complete and the government has a clearance backlog of approximately 740,000.

He introduced amendments to the proposed National Defense Authorization Act that would speed up secret clearance investigations within a month and top secret investigations within three months.

Warner, a 2018 Wash100 recipient, has also advanced measures that would direct agencies to disclose the costs of clearances; permit interviews through Skype; and provide access to criminal and college records.

“I’ve had a commitment that we are going to get rid of over 100k backlogged clearances before the end of the year,” he said.

Warner cited the need for the U.S. to have a set of guidelines for cyber warfare and its response as well as the country’s concerns of a potential cyber escalation with near peer adversaries such as Russia and China.

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DoD CIO Dana Deasy to Oversee Department-Wide ‘Cloud Initiative’
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DoD CIO Dana Deasy to Oversee Department-Wide ‘Cloud Initiative’


DoD CIO Dana Deasy to Oversee Department-Wide 'Cloud Initiative'
Dana Deasy

Dana Deasy, chief information officer at the Defense Department, has been assigned to manage an enterprise cloud computing initiative as part of a larger push to modernize information technology systems at the Pentagon.

He will lead the consolidation of disparate networks, data centers and cloud platforms in an effort to maintain the reliability and security of DoD’s digital infrastructure, the department said Monday.

Deasy — who assumed the CIO position in May — is the primary adviser to the defense secretary on IT, information management and assurance, non-intelligence space systems, satellite communications, navigation, timing, spectrum and telecommunications matters.

The announcement of his additional responsibility came nine months after DoD formed the Cloud Executive Steering Group to create and implement a strategy for the department to accelerate its adoption of commercial cloud architectures and services.

Ellen Lord, Pentagon’s top acquisition official, was initially in charge of CESG. Jay Gibson, chief management officer, replaced Lord as head of the group early in January.

The department intends to build a cloud platform, dubbed Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure, through a single-award contracting method.

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DOT Launches National Competition on Transport System Risk Analysis
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DOT Launches National Competition on Transport System Risk Analysis


DOT Launches National Competition on Transport System Risk AnalysisThe Transportation Department has initiated a national competition for interested participants to examine surface transportation risks with the use of data analytics technology.

DOT said Monday its Solving for Safety: Visualization Challenge seeks to encourage data scientists, local government workers, technologists, academic and safety professionals to visualize data that can offer insights into highway safety challenges.

The contest is part of the Safety Data Initiative that aims to leverage stakeholder expertise in data integration, visualization and predictive approaches meant to help DOT protect transportation systems.

Participants will compete over the next six months for a $350,000 grand prize.

“Recent innovations in data analytics and visualization tools give us the potential to understand risk at the system level, and to develop tools and discover insights that will lead to new, life-saving strategies that address injuries and fatalities on our roadways,” said Derek Kan, DOT’s undersecretary for policy.

The department noted that analytic tools may help mitigate risks by forming clear data visualizations of factors such as weather, road conditions and time of day that potentially contribute to crashes.

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House Subcommittee, Tech Industry Meet to Discuss Artificial Intelligence
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House Subcommittee, Tech Industry Meet to Discuss Artificial Intelligence


House Subcommittee, Tech Industry Meet to Discuss Artificial IntelligenceRep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., chair of the House Armed Services Committee’s emerging threats and capabilities subcommittee, led a roundtable Thursday with industry representatives and subject matter experts on commercial artificial intelligence technology.

HASC said Friday the closed meeting sought to identify opportunities, challenges and implications of AI adoption efforts.

Accenture, FireEye, Boston Consulting Group and Pilot.ai were among the technology companies that participated in the roundtable.

“Over the last year, we have explored technology issues that could drastically change the way wars are fought, impacting not only our national security, but our economic security as well,” Stefanik said.

She added that the subcommittee aims to encourage partnerships between the government, industry and academia to integrate AI into Defense Department projects such as Project Maven.

Stefanik introduced a bill in March that calls for the establishment of an independent commission to help the federal government implement the technology.

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Trump Administration Forms Subcommittee on Quantum Information Science
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Trump Administration Forms Subcommittee on Quantum Information Science


Trump Administration Forms Subcommittee on Quantum Information ScienceThe White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy has established a new subcommittee tasked with managing a national agenda on quantum information science, Fedscoop reported Friday.

The QIS subcommittee will operate within the National Science and Technology Council to form and initiate quantum technology efforts across the U.S. federal government.

Stakeholders from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Energy and National Science Foundation will join Jacob Taylor, assistant director for QIS at the OSTP, to chair the subcommittee.

Additionally, the departments of Agriculture, Defense, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Interior and State, along with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, NASA, and the National Security Agency, will also be involved in the subcommittee, the report noted.

The subcommittee will seek to address the technology’s effects to economic and national security, officials said.

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Contractors Demo Mobility, Crew Augmentation Tech for Combat Vehicles Under DARPA Program
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Contractors Demo Mobility, Crew Augmentation Tech for Combat Vehicles Under DARPA Program


Contractors Demo Mobility, Crew Augmentation Tech for Combat Vehicles Under DARPA ProgramThe Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has hosted a series of demonstrations through a program that seeks to increase the survivability, mobility and safety of combat vehicles.

DARPA said Friday several contract recipients under the second phase of the Ground X-Vehicle Technologies program demonstrated suspension and wheel-to-track technologies that work to allow the vehicles to navigate through slopes, elevations and other off-road terrain.

Those technologies include a reconfigurable wheel-track platform from Carnegie Mellon University’s National Robotics Engineering Center; electric in-hub motor from QinetiQ; and the Multi-mode Extreme Travel Suspension system from Pratt & Miller.

The GXV-T program also included demonstrations of crew augmentation technologies that work to provide situational awareness and those include a Honeywell-built windowless cockpit system in an all-terrain vehicle; Virtual Perspectives Augmenting Natural Experience technology demonstrator from Raytheon’s BBN Technologies business; and the Off-Road Crew Augmentation platform from CMU NREC.

“We’re looking at how to enhance survivability by buttoning up the cockpit and augmenting the crew through driver-assistance aids,” said Maj. Amber Walker, program manager for GXV-T at DARPA’s tactical technology office.

“For mobility, we’ve taken a radically different approach by avoiding armor and developing options to move quickly and be agile over all terrain,” Walker added.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrQrJ57J9eE&feature=youtu.be

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James Smith: SOCOM Aims to Boost Warfighter Performance With Exoskeleton
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James Smith: SOCOM Aims to Boost Warfighter Performance With Exoskeleton
James Smith

James Smith, acquisition executive at the U.S. Special Operations Command, has said SOCOM aims to put an operator into an Iron Man-style exoskeleton next year, Federal News Radio reported Friday.

He noted during the National Defense Industrial Association’s annual Special Operations International Conference held last month that the Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit is designed to help enhance warfighters’ survivability, lethality, situational awareness and coordination.

TALOS operators are expected to work as a team in efforts to perform special operations with the use of submersible systems, satellites and the exoskeleton.

Smith added that SOCOM looks to use grants and partnership or intermediary agreements to address the command’s technology requirements.

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