Intel inches closer to $3.5B contract to build secret fabs for Uncle Sam They can't have x86 goliath building military chips out in the open now can they? Systems07 Mar 2024 | 3
Air National Guardsman Teixeira to admit he was Pentagon files leaker Updated Turns out bragging on Discord has unfortunate consequences Security01 Mar 2024 | 48
US military pulls the trigger, uses AI to target air strikes People still make the final decision, but recent raids in Iraq and Syria had help AI + ML27 Feb 2024 | 25
Pentagon enlists Scale AI to help military get smarter This technology is all the rage right now, still too risky for armed forces AI + ML21 Feb 2024 | 2
Software troubles delay F-35 fighter jet deliveries ... again There's more than one way for these things to crash Public Sector24 Jan 2024 | 61
Stratolaunch takes ready-to-fly hypersonic craft skyward, but still no launch Scheduled summer Mach 5 flight deadline came and went Science06 Dec 2023 | 12
We're getting that fry-day feeling... US Army gets hold of drone-cooking microwave rig Look, in the sky - it's a, oh, never mind Public Sector03 Nov 2023 | 80
Pentagon seeks government gossips to dish dirt on UFOs Online form isn't for just anyone, so stow your crackpot theories for now Bootnotes02 Nov 2023 | 19
$350B DoD nuke makeover efforts lack oversight, say inspectors Still, it's not like it's a matter of life and death, is it? Public Sector30 Oct 2023 | 18
No more Mr Nice DoJ: Tesla gets subpoenas over self-driving software claims Has someone been shooting their mouth off a little too much? Personal Tech23 Oct 2023 | 35
DARPA takes its long-duration Manta undersea drone for a test-dip Autonomous sub should recharge and resupply in perfect stealth, hopefully Security28 Sep 2023 | 3
Uncle Sam is this keen to keep US CHIPS funds out of China Meanwhile, GlobalFoundries scores $3B DoD contract to fab chips for military, aerospace Public Sector23 Sep 2023 | 8
US military F-35 readiness problems highlighted in aptly timed report This surely can't be related to that crash debacle over the weekend, right? Offbeat22 Sep 2023 | 26
US DoD serves up $238M Chips Act funding to 8 regional hubs Hoping to bridge the dreaded 'lab-to-fab' gap where R&D dreams go to die Systems21 Sep 2023 |
DoD hopes $30M BEACONS will light the way to next-gen American battery designs And less than half the cost of a single F-35 – bargain! Science19 Sep 2023 | 8
US Defense Department enlists Google for AI-powered cancer-spotting kit A different type of ARM - the Augmented Reality Microscope Science19 Sep 2023 | 1
If anyone finds an $80M F-35 stealth fighter, please call the Pentagon Updated US military enlists public to help track down missing jet Offbeat18 Sep 2023 | 77
The Pentagon has no idea how to deal with bad cloud contracts, say auditors Terrible IT practices at the DoD? You don't say Cloud Infrastructure Week14 Sep 2023 | 9
US amends hypersonic weapons strategy: If you can't zoom with 'em, boom 'em DARPA awards Boeing $70.5M to develop intercept technology Offbeat12 Sep 2023 | 17
The Pentagon has the worst IT helpdesk in the US govt Updated DoD is dead last for tech support, equipment, communication, and function, say staff On-Prem31 Aug 2023 | 13
AI-powered monitors to defend Washington DC against aerial threats Replaces surveillance systems installed after 9/11 - and years before drones became a threat AI + ML30 Aug 2023 | 7
Pentagon dumps $1.5B more into military sat network that's already slipping behind One might say this program is truly up in the air Networks22 Aug 2023 | 4
US Space Force finally creates targeting unit – better late than never, right? No rush on this seemingly vital component of defense, guys Science17 Aug 2023 | 14
US task force to look into how military could use generative AI 'Hey our enemies are going to use this technology, so why shouldn't we?' AI + ML16 Aug 2023 | 13
Don't shoot! DARPA wants to capture future spy balloons in one piece Being blasted with a missile and plummeting 60,000 feet can do a real number on hardware, it turns out Offbeat10 Aug 2023 | 34
Typo watch: 'Millions of emails' for US military sent to .ml addresses in error Good thing Mali isn't best pals with Russia right no– oh, shoot Sysadmin Month18 Jul 2023 | 155
Chinese balloon that US shot down was 'crammed' with American hardware Blasted from the sky in February, device never transmitted photos, videos, or radar data it collected, officials say CSO29 Jun 2023 | 75
DoD networks Amazon's off-grid DCs using SES's new MEO sats TLA WTF IMO The Reg in Space12 Jun 2023 |
Whistleblower claims Uncle Sam is sitting on hoard of alien vehicles and tech Ex-UAP analyst reckons he was harassed for telling Congress Science07 Jun 2023 | 77
AWS teases mysterious mil-spec 'Snowblade' server Hybrid cloud hardware capable of running 208 vCPUs and a handful of cloud services while living on the edge On-Prem07 Jun 2023 | 12
Starlink bags US defense contract to keep war-torn Ukraine connected And poor Elon gets a break from subsidies Networks02 Jun 2023 | 16
US Air Force AI drone 'killed operator, attacked comms towers in simulation' Final update Did ML-powered fighter actually go HAL 9000 to rack up points? Who knows AI + ML02 Jun 2023 | 126
Exhibit 3,021: Millions wasted on US govt IT due to poor oversight, audit finds $24M was paid out incorrectly - and that's just from a close look at 5 out of 48 orders under ENCORE III Software12 May 2023 | 10
How Sandia hopes to accelerate US hypersonic weapons development You want this to go faster? OK, send in the contractors. That'll do the trick Science01 May 2023 | 10
Pentagon shoots down UFO rumors but says 650 cases are still pending Has found no evidence of alien tech or objects that defy the known laws of physics Science21 Apr 2023 | 18
Intel ships multi-die chips ahead of schedule – to the US military What else when you have a customer that will only accept these three words: Sir, yes, sir Public Sector07 Apr 2023 | 8
Pentagon advised to get agile if it wants to keep up with evolving threats I feel the need, the need for code speed Public Sector07 Apr 2023 | 14
US defense tech veterans call for a separate Cyber Force Analysis A seventh branch of the military is needed to address rising threats Defense Tech Week06 Apr 2023 | 21
DoD taps Apple exec to lead commercial tech adoption unit Doug Beck definitely won't be transforming the US military into the iArmy, right? Defense Tech Week05 Apr 2023 | 1
Think tank: Chips Act is great, but US should look at biotech supply chain too The White House and DoD move to bolster domestic biomanufacturing Public Sector04 Apr 2023 | 4
Microsoft adds chatbots to Teams for the Pentagon Yes, DoD admins, your users can ask for this now, but make sure your bots are in compliance Defense Tech Week04 Apr 2023 | 4
US Navy turns to hull-climbing bots to combat maintenance backlog video Seals are totally yesterday's news - the Navy's latest critter is a Gecko Defense Tech Week03 Apr 2023 | 19
Sensitive DoD emails exposed by unsecured Azure server AWS, Google and Oracle may benefit as Microsoft blames the Pentagon and the Pentagon blames Microsoft Security23 Feb 2023 | 19
The Pentagon is shockingly bad at managing its employee smartphones Officials are using government-issued devices much like a teenager would – and that has security implications Offbeat13 Feb 2023 | 19
Chinese surveillance balloon over US causes fearful gasbagging Updated Floats over missile silos, shooting it down ruled more dangerous than whatever it's up to Security03 Feb 2023 | 128
DARPA's quantum computing is powered by ... FOMO Microsoft and friends happy to assuage Uncle Sam's anxiety — for a price Science02 Feb 2023 | 6
Microsoft Office 365 Cloud has a secret lining Hardened versions of apps and services can handle classified information for government Off-Prem31 Jan 2023 | 21
Lockheed Martin demos 50kW anti-aircraft frickin' laser beam Updated Looks like a reboot of SWIV Science26 Jan 2023 | 108
IPv6 for Dummies: NSA pushes security manual on DoD admins There's good advice here for any IT pro dealing with the transition Networks25 Jan 2023 | 26
US blocks $400m Army HoloLens orders, Microsoft left with a tenth for R&D Nausea and headaches do not a fit fighting force make, so back to the lab for version 1.2 Personal Tech12 Jan 2023 | 6
US Air Force signs $344m deal for hypersonic Mayhem aircraft Part missile, part spy plane, all Mach 5+ and coming in 2028, maybe Science19 Dec 2022 | 21
Pentagon shares nine billion cloudy dollars between AWS, Google, Microsoft, Oracle Begun, the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability has. Ended, the Sequel to JEDI has PaaS + IaaS08 Dec 2022 | 7
SpaceX chases government cash with Starshield satellites If Starshield smells like Space-BACN, that's because it probably is Networks06 Dec 2022 | 13
Remuneration coming for TrustCor customers impacted by CA revocation In brief Also, a Capone henchman lands behind bars, while nearly 9/10 DoD contract firms fail security standards Security05 Dec 2022 |
Top Senators want controls on US contractors using Chinese chips Work to with Uncle Sam? Then source your hardware outside of the Middle Kingdom On-Prem29 Nov 2022 | 11
Lockheed Martin's Army cyber training platform goes civilian Army civilian employees, that is, but aerospace biz says it could be used in the private sector, too Security29 Nov 2022 | 1
US military goes zero-trust on software CISA updates security framework, tech industry calls it 'confusing' Software23 Nov 2022 | 13
US Veterans Affairs hits brakes on $10b Oracle Cerner health record system Nothing like medical orders routed into /dev/null and other problems to hold up a roll out Databases14 Oct 2022 | 10
Pentagon is far too tight with its security bug bounties But overpriced, useless fighter jets? That's something we can get behind Research29 Sep 2022 | 16
The truth about that draft law banning Uncle Sam buying insecure software There's always a get-out clause CSO19 Aug 2022 | 43
US military fuels eVTOL research with $75m contract The renewed agreement more than doubles the DoD's deal with Joby Aviation Science12 Aug 2022 | 11
US Space Force deploys robot dogs at Cape Canaveral base Patrolling quadrupeds not fitted with 7.62mm tank machine guns – yet Offbeat09 Aug 2022 | 34