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Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks signed the memo in December to establish the chief digital and AI officer. (U.S. Navy photo by Glenn Sircy)

New DOD Chief Digital and AI Office to start work by Feb. 1

AI

The DISA and JFHQ-DODIN Headquarters Building at Fort Meade, Maryland. (Photo by Kevin Headtke/ DOD)

Booz Allen wins first prototype contract for DISA’s zero trust program

Cyber

Chinooks of 25th Combat aviation brigade support 1-27 Gimlets in the execution of IPACC. (Army Photo)

Army working to deploy first OCONUS cloud system in the Indo-Pacific

IT

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New CMMC-AB board chair Jeff Dalton wants to make CMMC ‘boring again’

Cyber

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Anduril nabs $1B contract for anti-drone work with SOCOM

Emerging Tech

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DOD experimenting with 5G tech to avoid interference with aviation equipment

Emerging Tech

A Soldier uses the KIK-11 Tactical Key Loader, which PEO C3T chose as the materiel solution to fulfill the Next Generation Load Device – Small requirement for the Army. (Image courtesy of L3Harris Technologies Inc.)

Federal court denies CACI bid protest over $774M encryption tech contract

IT

Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, left, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, U.S. 5th Fleet and Combined Maritime Forces, shakes hands with Capt. Michael D. Brasseur. (Photo by Navy Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Dawson Roth).

Navy developing lasers to counter growing number of UAS in Middle East

Weapons

Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, Heidi Shyu speaks to Defense Writers via zoom at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Jan. 13, 2022. (DoD photo by United States Marine Corps Sgt. Taryn Sammet)

DOD to hire a ‘next G’ lead to focus on future of networks

Emerging Tech