Silicon Valley tech startups have recently grown more interested in federal contracts, but despite significant investments from venture capitalists, many of these companies have struggled to break into the defense contracting ecosystem,
MoreThe Department of Defense is working to engage Silicon Valley startups to help fund and advance development work on new weapons systems as part of efforts to tap private capital and keep
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A RAND Corp. study found no unbridgeable gap between the Department of Defense and Silicon Valley and showed more similarities in attitudes across Silicon Valley employees, defense industrial base and alumni of
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The Department of Defense intends to work with a group of contractors from Silicon Valley to share and handle the large volume of data the agency collects from its missions, C4ISRNet reported
MoreThe Defense Innovation Board plans to come up with a set of ethical guidelines with regard to the use of artificial intelligence on the battlefield, Defense One reported Friday. The board expects
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The White House seeks help from Silicon Valley companies in employing personnel for the government’s technology modernization initiatives, the Washington Post reported Monday.
MoreThe National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has established a new office in San Francisco, California, as part of an effort to hire professionals who possess skills in the science, technology, engineering and math fields, Nextgov
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The Defense Department‘s Defense Innovation Unit Experimental organization has so far awarded approximately $100 million to fund 45 pilot programs in multiple technology areas, Defense News reported Friday. The report said DIUx issued
MoreDefense Secretary James Mattis wants the Defense Department to further invest in artificial intelligence and harness the technology for military applications, Wired reported Friday. “It’s got to be better integrated by [DoD],
MoreAdm. Michael Rogers, head of the U.S. Cyber Command, has said at a House Armed Services subcommittee hearing that his organization seeks a $647 million budget for fiscal 2018, up 17 percent from
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