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May 2023
DARPA Hosts Workshops To Develop 'Trustworthy AI'
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is seeking help understanding the best ways to use artificial intelligence for national security. -
May 2023
JUST IN: Rapid Innovation Fund Needs Funds, Official Says
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — The Rapid Innovation Fund, established in 2011 and made a permanent program in 2017, was designed to accelerate fielding of innovative technologies for small businesses, but a lack of funding is hindering its ability to carry out its mission. -
May 2023
JUST IN: Debt Default Would Be ‘Catastrophic’ for National Security, Service Chiefs Say
The U.S. military’s service chiefs warned of devastating consequences to their ability to defend the nation if Congress fails to resolve the looming debt ceiling crisis. -
May 2023
Debt Ceiling Fight Puts Defense Budget in Limbo
This time of year, Congress is usually busy marking up the annual National Defense Authorization Act and mapping out the defense budget for the next fiscal year. However, just as the House Armed Services Committee was to begin work on the 2024 NDAA, Chairman Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Ala., pumped the brakes. -
April 2023
Microelectronics Funding Surge Shows Onshoring Progress
A recent surge in microelectronics funding from the Defense Department includes a hefty sum directed to dual-use technology, expanding a pool of opportunity for both the department and its suppliers, a recent report said. -
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April 2023
SEA-AIR-SPACE NEWS: Joint Warfighting Concept 3.0 ‘Definitely Coming,’ Official Says
NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland — The Defense Department’s most recent iteration of a Joint Warfighting Concept was reviewed Apr. 4 by the secretary of defense and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, according to Heidi Shyu, undersecretary of defense for research and engineering. -
April 2023
SEA-AIR-SPACE NEWS: ‘Network Thinking’ Needed to Recapitalize Defense Industrial Base
NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland — Building and buying the capabilities of the future for the U.S. military will require greater collaboration throughout the industrial base and with the Defense Department, officials said Apr. 4. -
April 2023
Investing in People Is the Real Key to Integrated Deterrence
By Mark FaulknerThe United States’ capacity to conduct uncontested operations anywhere in the world has provided it a unique advantage for more than a century. Today however, the United States is adapting to a world in which near-peer competitors are increasingly able to challenge its interests and contest its operations. -
March 2023
BREAKING: White House Asks for $842 Billion in 2024 DOD Funding, 3.2 Percent Above 2023 Budget (UPDATED)
President Joe Biden unveiled a nearly $1.9 trillion fiscal year 2024 budget request, including $842 billion for the Defense Department — $26 billion more than Congress appropriated for the department in the December omnibus spending bill.