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Navy gets new cyber categories

The move will make it so cryptologists and IT professionals no longer have additional duties in cyberspace operations.

  • By Lauren C. Williams

Send me software, not hardware, Navy infowar leader says

“Boxes of computers” aren’t so helpful aboard space-limited ships, Rear Adm. Doug Small said.

  • By Lauren C. Williams

Navy ‘setting the pace’ among services, principal cyber advisor says

Chris Cleary touts prototype tools and readies a new cyber plan.

  • By Lauren C. Williams

The U.S. military is buying electric jet-ski robots

Tests will see whether battery-powered personal watercraft can help with search-and-rescue

  • By Patrick Tucker

An experiment showed that the military must change Its cybersecurity approach

The Defense Department’s current “checklist” approach can’t keep its networks safe.

  • By Patrick Tucker

A Navy cyber effort is fixing thousands of holes—and building tech talent

A 10th Fleet operation gives tech-curious reservists some training and a real-world mission.

  • By Lauren C. Williams

AI is already learning from Russia’s war in Ukraine, DOD says

Today’s battlefield data is helping smart machines model the wars of the future.

  • By Patrick Tucker

Navy CIO touts NGEN's promise

Aaron Weis, the Navy's chief information officer, said the Navy is looking at "fundamental" architecture changes to make its network more agile and secure.

  • By Lauren C. Williams

Defense officials press lawmakers for a 2022 appropriation

Defense officials warned lawmakers that some programs and tech efforts could be delayed or eliminated if Congress fails to pass a 2022 defense spending bill soon.

  • By Lauren C. Williams

Grady talks spectrum, cyber concerns in nomination hearing

Adm. Christopher Grady told senators that Defense Department moves to free up swaths of spectrum would have consequences when it comes to operations, training, and readiness.

  • By Lauren C. Williams

Military service principal cyber advisors take root

Congress established service level principal cyber advisors in the 2020 defense policy bill. FCW sat down with the Army and Navy PCAs to get a sense of what their priorities have been in the past year.

  • By Lauren C. Williams

Rising Star: Saxfield T. Chatmon

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  • By FCW Staff

Rising Star: Travis S. Kelley

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  • By FCW Staff

Navy looks to build cyber resilience beyond RMF

The Navy wants to fortify its cyber resilience to keep pace with rapid software development needs, but changing workforce habits has to come first.

  • By Lauren C. Williams
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DOD looks for answers on GPS data spoofing

The Defense Department is looking for technology solutions to obviate the growing threat of location data spoofing targeting satellite-based systems.

  • By Lauren C. Williams

Navy aims to tackle cross-domain data sharing in Project Overmatch

The Navy is hoping to clear network and data hurdles at the tactical edge with its answer to Joint All Domain Command and Control.

  • By Lauren C. Williams

Air Force wants $800 million for enterprise IT as a service

The Air Force is looking to boost its enterprise IT services with capabilities that can support Joint All Domain Command and Control efforts

  • By Lauren C. Williams

Navy projects $133 million in business system reforms savings for 2022

The Navy claims it saved $4.2 billion through reform efforts for its fiscal 2022 budget request via business process and systems improvement and divestments.

  • By Lauren C. Williams

Moultrie's cyber background clears path to confirmation

President Joe Biden's pick to lead the Defense Department's intelligence and security office, Ronald Moultrie, appears to have a smooth path to Senate confirmation thanks in large part to his cybersecurity experience.

  • By Lauren C. Williams

Navy looks to update business systems to improve vessel maintenance

Thomas Harker, the acting Navy secretary, told lawmakers that improved business systems would help enhance performance and reduce costs.

  • By Lauren C. Williams

DOD seeks clean acquisition data for better policy oversight

Shelby Oakley, the director for contracting and national security acquisition for the Government Accountability Office, said the ability to conduct data-driven oversight was the Pentagon's acquisition office's biggest challenge.

  • By Lauren C. Williams