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DEI, DOA: How the defense industry is racing to bury its diversity efforts

Defense primes have rushed to wipe web pages and remove previous claims of "unwavering" commitment to DEI efforts since President Donald Trump has taken office.

Army unveils ‘more efficient and less costly’ digital engineering strategy

The new digital engineering policy released today will essentially allow the Army to move from manual, paper-driven processes to a digital environment.

Army aims to democratize data with ADP 2.0 – but how will the contract work?

Ordinary soldiers and civil servants have used the Army Data Platform to build thousands of data analytics. Now the service wants to scale up ADP’s success — but that will take a new way of doing business, said chief data officer David Markowitz.

Better, but still ‘whack-a-mole’: IT industry adapts to supply chain problems, for now

While key executives tell Breaking Defense they have adjusted to the new normal, experts worry IT supply chain vulnerabilities could be exploited in the future by adversarial nations.

Pivoting to multi-vendor approach, Army eyes data platform awards in late 2023

Army Under Secretary Gabe Camarillo told reporters the service plans to award contracts for the Vantage re-compete towards the end of this year.

Open for business: Space Force’s ‘Front Door’ now fully operational

"We don't want your traditional industry brief. We want capabilities that we can get after the threat quickly," explained Col. Joseph Roth, director of SSC's Front Door industry engagement initiative.

‘On the table’: Hicks says DoD, IC considering indemnifying commercial space providers

"[T]he IC Commercial Space Council is discussing commercial protection right now. We had a meeting on Tuesday, and it came up," said NGA's David Gauthier, who chairs the council.

Pentagon eyeing the cloud to help firms meet CMMC cybersecurity requirements

“For instance, in the CMMC realm, rather than go out and assess each and every network of our industry partners, I’m kind of keen on establishing some sort of cloud services [...]” said David McKeown, DoD deputy chief information officer and senior information security officer

Pentagon CIO hopes CMMC 2.0 will ‘raise’ cybersecurity ‘waterline’

“There’s a cost to your IP, there’s a cost to the US government and there’s a benefit to our adversaries if we don’t do something like this,” DoD Chief Information Officer John Sherman said of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program.

JROC Takes More Control Over Service Weapon Buys

The JROC now will issue "strategic directives" to the services prescribing how they craft buying plans to substantiate the emerging Joint Warfighting Concept, Brig. Gen. Rob Parker, Joint Staff J6 deputy director, says.

DARPA Nuke Sat To Target Cislunar Monitoring Mission

AFRL last Thursday held a classified stakeholder meeting to discuss R&D to underpin future military operations beyond the traditional near-Earth orbits used today.

Long Range Strike Hot Potato Now In OSD Hands

"It’s ultimately a political decision, and ... this demands a strong and fully staffed OSD," said Mackenzie Eaglen, of the American Enterprise Institute. "That doesn’t seem likely until much later this year."

Don’t Share ALL The Data: Army CDO

A single Army command, HRC, tracks more than 800,000 data elements, the service’s new Chief Data Officer says. If you try to share all your data without setting clear priorities, the network will choke on it – especially in frontline units, where getting the right data can be life or death.

Army Needs ‘Unified Network’ Linking Tactical & Home-Base Systems: G-6

The Army must link its tactical networks with its "enterprise" networks at home base, Lt. Gen. Morrison said, passing data on everything from artillery bombardments to cyber attacks.