By Chad Cisco
May 13, 2021
The future of warfare is changing at an accelerated rate. The battles of the future will have less to do with Cold War-era equipment (planes, tanks, ships)Â and everything to do with data, information processing and the effective deployment of machine intelligence. Next-generation warfare will be enabled by artificial intelligence, network centric and light-speed fast. The stakes are not just high they are staggering. The victor will hold the high ground with compounding first-mover advantage.
Thereâs no doubt about the ambitions of the Chinese Communist Party to lead the world in AI. Xi Jinping said China will be the world leader in AI by 2030, and he is directing national policies  in support of this goal. Testifying before the Senate Committee on Armed Services recently, Eric Schmidt, chair of the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence, said he is âconvinced that Chinese leadership in key technology areas is
The Defense Department is expanding its vulnerability disclosure program to cover all of its publicly available systems, including networks, frequency-based communication, industrial control systems and internet-of-things devices.
By Lauren C. Williams
May 11, 2021
Lawmakers are pressing the Biden administration to appoint a dedicated space acquisition chief, raising concerns that lack of leadership in the area has led to costly programs and delayed scheduling on key systems, like GPS.
House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense Chair Betty McCollum said the lack of a civilian acquisition chief for space operations was a significant problem and that the Air Force treated it like a part-time job. The Department of the Air Force has yet to resolve fundamental issues on roles, responsibilities, and authorities between its various space acquisition units, McCollum said May 7 during opening remarks for a hearing on the Air and Space Force s 2022 budget request, which hasn t been finalized.
Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks issued a memo detailing DOD s five "data decrees," establishing rules for creating and managing data as an enterprise resource and strategic asset.
By Justin Katz
May 11, 2021
The Department of Homeland Security launched its 60-day workforce sprint with an aggressive campaign to hire more cybersecurity professionals.
During remarks at a May 5 U.S. Chamber of Commerce event, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas called the sprint, which began that same day, the most significant hiring initiative that DHS has undertaken in its history.
The new campaign aims to hire 200 cyber personnel by July 1, according to a DHS statement. Half of those conditional job offers will be made by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, while the other half will be made by various other DHS component agencies.