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1-Year-Old JIATF 401 Awards $7 Billion Counter-Drone Contract

The Joint Interagency Task Force 401 (JIATF 401) announced Tuesday indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract awards of $7 billion for counter-unmanned ...
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DISA's Stanton: Network Architectures Should Work Like Legos

During his closing keynote address at TechNet Augusta 2026, Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Director Lt. Gen. Paul Stanton said that standardization will be critical to enabling the military ...
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The 'Delicate Dance' of Balancing Speed, Scale and Risk in Agentic AI

During a panel at TechNet Augusta 2026, U.S. Army Cyber Command (ARCYBER) leaders announced they have established a new special unit called Task Force Lexington to confront the innate battle between ...
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U.S. Space Force To Launch Sensing and Targeting Capabilities

The U.S. Space Force announced Wednesday it has awarded SpaceX two National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 3 Lane 1 task orders worth $1.6 billion to launch space-based sensing and targeting ...
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CISA and Partners Revise Iranian-Affiliated PLC Threat Advisory

After publishing a joint cybersecurity advisory in April on Iranian-affiliated cyber activity targeting internet-connected operational technology devices, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security ...
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Lofty Goals for the Next Version of the Military Cloud

The Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability (JWCC), which is in its fourth year of contract execution providing the military department with commercial cloud offerings, continues to evolve, reported ...
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DISA Director Calls for Industry Partnerships as Frontier AI Reshapes Warfighting

Frontier artificial intelligence (AI) technology will change the delivery of warfighting capabilities, according to the Defense Information Systems Agency’s most senior official. According to NVIDIA, ...
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The Pentagon Spent Decades Consolidating the Defense Industry. It’s Now Time To Pivot.

With the Cold War effectively over, then-Secretary of Defense Les Aspin led an effort to deliberately encourage industry consolidation. The message was clear: defense budgets were now declining, and ...
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Department of the Navy Establishes Three New Acquisition Executives

The Department of the Navy announced Monday the establishment of three new portfolio acquisition executive (PAE) organizations: PAE Aviation, PAE Mission Systems and PAE Munitions. In addition, the ...
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CISA To Reinstate 329 Positions

After drastic cuts to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) by President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency efforts last year, the agency is adding back 329 ...
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U.S. Administration Proposes $707 Million Cut in CISA Programs

President Donald Trump’s proposed fiscal year (FY) 2027 budget includes a $707 million cut across programs within the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), which is responsible for ...
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Maryland ‘Guards’ Against Cyber Attacks With Collaboration

With cyber attacks becoming increasingly common, dangerous and complex, state military officials are attempting to get out ahead of the enemy and be proactive rather than reactive. Maryland cyber ...