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IARPA Initiates 3-D Model Satellite Imagery Research Program
by Nichols Martin
Published on February 13, 2018
IARPA Initiates 3-D Model Satellite Imagery Research Program


IARPA Initiates 3-D Model Satellite Imagery Research ProgramThe Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity has initiated a research effort to develop automated systems that construct 3-D models based on satellite, airborne and commercial imagery data.

The multi-year Creation of Operationally Realistic 3-D Environment or CORE3D effort aims to support intelligence, military and humanitarian operations, the Director of National Intelligence said Monday.

“While manually constructed models are accurate and reliable, the process to create them is time-consuming and does not satisfy the need for models to support rapid response to military or humanitarian crises in areas where up-to-date models do not exist,” said Hakjae Kim, CORE3D’s program manager.

The agency has selected Applied Research Associates, General Electric, Kitware and Vision Systems to contribute work under contracts supporting the CORE3D effort.

Government Technology
Trump Administration Seeks to Create $1.2B Budget Account for VA EHR Modernization
by Ramona Adams
Published on February 13, 2018
Trump Administration Seeks to Create $1.2B Budget Account for VA EHR Modernization


Trump Administration Seeks to Create $1.2B Budget Account for VA EHR ModernizationThe Trump administration wants to create a $1.2 billion budget account that will cover the modernization of the Department of Veterans Affairs‘ electronic health record system, FCW reported Monday.

The planned budget line would support VA’s adoption of Cerner‘s EHR system as well as the sharing of EHR infrastructure and common software with the Defense Department.

VA Secretary David Shulkin announced in June 2017 that VA and DoD will adopt the same commercial off-the-shelf EHR system, dubbed MHS Genesis, which is based on Cerner’s Millenium EHR platform.

The $1.2 billion budget includes $675 million in contract funds for Cerner, $120 million for program management and $412 million for infrastructure support.

John Short, VA chief technology officer, told reporters that VA is set to finalize the deal with Cerner by the end of the month and that the company has completed a report on the interoperability between its EHR system and other commercial products as requested by Shulkin.

Government Technology/News
Air Force Looks to AI Tech to Accelerate Decision-Making Process
by Jane Edwards
Published on February 13, 2018
Air Force Looks to AI Tech to Accelerate Decision-Making Process


Air Force Looks to AI Tech to Accelerate Decision-Making ProcessThe U.S. Air Force plans to advance this year a program that seeks to combine video, text and other data sources through artificial intelligence to facilitate the decision-making process among commanders, airmen and other service personnel, Defense One reported Monday.

The Data to Decision program aims to facilitate “a complete cycle of understanding, from predicting what we expect to encounter, prescribe what can be done to help understand the environment, then find, fix, track, target, engage, assess, anything, anytime, anywhere in any domain,” Mark Tapper, a D2D program proponent at the Air Force, told Defense One in an email.

“Our mantra is improve every decision – those made by airmen or by machines,” Tapper added.

D2D is an experimentation campaign that supports the service branch’s Air Superiority 2030 flight plan and aims to use all data from national, open and unstructured sources, Tapper said.

Potential data may include aerial surveillance footage, data collected from aircraft, jets and drones through livestreaming, soldier-worn sensors and biophysical data of pilots.

Tapper noted that the Air Force will use AI and machine learning tools to help develop neural networks from various sources of information and determine the potential use of such networks in helping the service execute its missions.

News
Trump Proposes $686B for FY 2019 DoD Budget
by Jane Edwards
Published on February 13, 2018
Trump Proposes $686B for FY 2019 DoD Budget


Trump Proposes $686B for FY 2019 DoD BudgetPresident Donald Trump’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2019 would allocate $686 billion in funds for the Defense Department in support of the implementation of the National Defense Strategy and the White House’s National Security Strategy.

DoD said Monday the budget request includes investments in combat aircraft, shipbuilding, ground systems, space platforms, missile defense, munitions and nuclear triad modernization efforts to support the country’s nuclear deterrence program.

The proposed budget would allot $10.7 billion to procure 77 F-35 fighter jets; $3 billion to replace 15 KC-46 tanker aircraft; $7.4 billion to buy two Virginia-class submarines; $6 billion to purchase three Arleigh Burke-class destroyers (DDG-51); and $2 billion to acquire more than 5,000 joint light tactical vehicles.

The Pentagon requested $2.3 billion in funds for the B-21 Long-Range Strike Bomber program; $3.7 billion for Columbia-class submarines; $600 million for Long-Range Standoff Missile; and $300 million for Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent program to modernize the nuclear triad.

The budget proposal would earmark approximately $4.3 billion for space programs that include the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicles, GPS and Space-Based Infrared System.

Some of the missile defense programs that would be funded in the proposal include the Aegis ballistic missile defense system; ground-based midcourse defense; THAAD ballistic missile defense; and Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile segment enhancements.

The FY 2019 budget would spend $1.2 billion each on joint direct attack munitions and guided multiple launch rocket systems; $600 million each on Hellfire missiles and Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile-Extended Range; and $300 million each on Small Diameter Bomb I and joint air-to-ground missiles.

The president’s budget proposes a 2.6 percent rise in military pay, seeks to allocate $13.7 billion on science and technology initiatives to advance innovation and aims to increase the number of service personnel by 25,900.

Civilian/News
Trump’s FY 2019 Budget Plan to Allocate $20B for NASA, End ISS Funding in 2025
by Jane Edwards
Published on February 13, 2018
Trump’s FY 2019 Budget Plan to Allocate $20B for NASA, End ISS Funding in 2025


Trump’s FY 2019 Budget Plan to Allocate $20B for NASA, End ISS Funding in 2025President Donald Trump’s fiscal 2019 budget proposal would allocate approximately $20 billion for NASA and cancel the space agency’s funding of the International Space Station in 2025, Nextgov reported Monday.

The proposal also includes funding for partnerships with private firms to send robots to the moon and advances a plan to launch the initial segment of a lunar-orbiting habitat by 2020 through a commercial launch vehicle.

The continued development of the Boeing-built Space Launch System and the Lockheed Martin-made Orion spacecraft for a deep space exploration mission in 2020 would be funded in the proposed budget.

The proposal also funds the construction of Boeing’s and SpaceX’s spacecraft designed to bring astronauts to the ISS in 2019, the report added.

SpaceNews also reported the budget request includes $150 million in funds to help private companies build commercial capabilities as potential successors to the ISS in low-Earth orbit.

“[I]t is possible that industry could continue to operate certain elements or capabilities of the ISS as part of a future commercial platform,” according to an internal agency document obtained by the publication.

“It is the intent of NASA and the administration to maintain seamless access to a human platform in LEO that meets NASA’s and the nation’s goals,” the document added.

Government Technology/News
James Geurts: Navy, USMC Should Transition Apps to Cloud Within 3 Years
by Jane Edwards
Published on February 12, 2018
James Geurts: Navy, USMC Should Transition Apps to Cloud Within 3 Years


James Geurts: Navy, USMC Should Transition Apps to Cloud Within 3 Years
James Geurts

James Geurts, assistant U.S. Navy secretary for research, development and acquisition, has said he aims for the Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps to migrate all data center-hosted applications to the cloud by 2021, Federal News Radio reported Friday.

Geurts said the cloud initiative is part of his message to naval procurement officials to adopt a more agile acquisition process through the use of commercial technology platforms, delegation of additional authority to the field and use of alternative procurement processes.

“All of that will enable us to get agility and change the trajectory, because on the existing timelines, with the existing cost, with the existing time to get things in the field, we are not going to deliver on the challenges in our national defense strategy,” he said at the WEST conference hosted by the U.S. Naval Institute and AFCEA Thursday.

Geurts, former acquisition executive at the U.S. Special Operations Command, officially assumed his current post in December 2017.

DoD/News
DARPA Program Aims to Develop Biosurveillance Tech for Screening ‘Unfamiliar’ Bacterial Strains
by Ramona Adams
Published on February 12, 2018
DARPA Program Aims to Develop Biosurveillance Tech for Screening ‘Unfamiliar’ Bacterial Strains


DARPA Program Aims to Develop Biosurveillance Tech for Screening 'Unfamiliar' Bacterial StrainsThe Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has unveiled a new program that aims to develop technology that would determine if unfamiliar bacteria contain harmful traits.

DARPA said Wednesday it seeks to build a portable tool that will work to screen unfamiliar bacteria to identify their pathogenicity, or capacity to cause disease, through the Friend or Foe program.

“Our existing biosurveillance strategies don’t work on previously undiscovered bacteria or on bacteria that have been specifically designed to evade detection by current tests,” said Paul Sheehan, a DARPA program manager.

“We need new screening tools that can quickly characterize the threat to enable a rapid response,” Sheehan added.

The Friend or Foe device will aim to detect whether unknown bacteria can survive and establish a niche in its host; cause harm to the host; and protect itself from antibodies or antibiotics.

DARPA envisions the program as a four-year effort that will involve “performer” teams and an independent verification and validation team.

The IV&V team will work with the performer teams to establish a standardized process for simulating different environments and mixtures of known bacteria.

The verification team will also assess the quality of performers’ technologies after tests

A proposers day is scheduled to take place at DARPA’s conference center in Arlington, Virginia, on Feb. 28.

DoD/News
PACOM Chief Harry Harris to be Nominated US Ambassador to Australia
by Mary-Louise Hoffman
Published on February 12, 2018
PACOM Chief Harry Harris to be Nominated US Ambassador to Australia


PACOM Chief Harry Harris to be Nominated US Ambassador to Australia
Harry Harris

Navy Adm. Harry Harris, commander of the U.S. Pacific Command since May 2015, will be nominated by President Donald Trump to serve as ambassador in Australia.

In a press release published Friday, the White House describes Harris as a naval officer who has “extensive knowledge, leadership and geo-political expertise in the Indo-Pacific region.”

He joined the U.S. Navy in 1979 as a flight officer for the branch’s Patron Squadron 44 and logged a total of 4.400 flight hours with maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft platforms such as the P-3 Orion.

His command assignments included leadership of VP-46, Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing 1, Joint Task Force-Guantanamo, the U.S. 6th Fleet, Striking and Support Forces NATO and the U.S. Pacific Fleet.

Harris also completed three operational tours at Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing 1 in Japan and served as tactical action officer aboard USS Saratoga, as well as director of operations for the U.S. 5th Fleet in Bahrain and the U.S. Southern Command.

DoD/News
Air Force Brig. Gen. Kirk Smith to Lead Special Operations Command Europe
by Nichols Martin
Published on February 12, 2018
Air Force Brig. Gen. Kirk Smith to Lead Special Operations Command Europe


Air Force Brig. Gen. Kirk Smith to Lead Special Operations Command Europe
Kirk Smith

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Kirk Smith, deputy commanding general of the NATO Special Operations Component Command and Special Operations Joint Task Force in Afghanistan, has been assigned as commander of the Special Operations Command Europe.

He will also serve as director of special operations at the U.S. Europe Command in addition to his new role as SOCEUR chief, the Defense Department said Friday.

Smith supervised all U.S. and NATO special operations forces in Bagram, Afghanistan, over the past year.

He previously served as director of force management and development at U.S. Special Operations Command’s headquarters in Florida.

He joined the military after he graduated in 1989 from the U.S. Air Force Academy and served as an instructor or evaluator pilot for the T-37, MH-53J and MH-53M platforms.

News
Trump Signs Measure to Increase DoD Spending Over 2 Years
by Jane Edwards
Published on February 12, 2018
Trump Signs Measure to Increase DoD Spending Over 2 Years


Trump Signs Measure to Increase DoD Spending Over 2 YearsPresident Donald Trump on Friday signed a spending measure that would allocate a defense budget of $700 billion for fiscal year 2018 and $716 billion for FY 2019, The Associated Press reported Sunday.

The FY 2018 budget would earmark approximately $629 billion for base defense budget and about $71 billion for overseas war funds in Afghanistan and other countries.

The measure would also allot funds for the procurement of up to 28 additional ground-based interceptor missiles and authorize a 2.4 percent increase in military pay.

Defense Secretary James Mattis, a 2018 Wash100 recipient said the two-year bipartisan deal introduced by the Senate Wednesday would help address combat readiness challenges faced by U.S. troops.

The FY 2018 budget bill reflects a 15.5 percent increase, or approximately $94 billion, in defense budget over the previous fiscal year, the report added.

Reuters also reported that Trump is expected Monday to release his administration’s proposed budget for fiscal 2019.

A White House official said the president’s FY 2019 budget request will be based on economic growth assumptions of 3.2 percent in 2019, 3 percent in 2021 and 2.8 percent in 2026.

The spending measure that Trump signed would fund federal agencies through March 23 and extend the government’s borrowing authority through March 2019, the report added.

 

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