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DIU adds new venture funding pool for defense tech startups

Defense

Pentagon, Department of Defense, DOD, federal IT, cybersecurity, Washington, D.C. — The Air Force Memorial and the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. (REUTERS / Joshua Roberts)

Industry groups press DOD for more information on CMMC

Acquisition

Heidi Shyu, the assistant secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology), toured a CERDEC lab along with CERDEC Director Henry Muller, CERDEC Space and Terrestrial Communications Directorate Director John Willison, and CECOM Deputy Director Gary Martin to learn more about the center’s Hardware/Software Convergence initiative at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., June 16. CERDEC is modernizing and modularizing C4ISR and Electronic Warfare components so that there is a standard interface to better and more quickly facilitate the integration, compatibility and interoperability of new capabilities for the Army’s various platforms. (U.S. Army CERDEC photo by Kristen Kushiyama)

DOD elevates CTO and launches new innovation steering group

Defense

A solider at Fort Bragg, home to the 18th Airborne Corps where Project Ridgway aims to turn it into an “AI-enabled force.” (U.S. Army Photo by Pfc. Joshua Cowden / 22nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)

Army’s 18th Airborne Corps hires former Exxon executive as CTO

Defense

Sea Hunter, an entirely new class of unmanned sea surface vehicle developed in partnership between the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), recently completed an autonomous sail from San Diego to Hawaii and back (MDUSV) project. (U.S. Navy photo)

Navy to stand up new AI and unmanned system task force

Acquisition

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Alex Edwards, 125th Fighter Wing Detachment 1 commander, responds to a simulated alert call during the Advanced Battle Management System Onramp 2 demonstration out of Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., Sept. 3, 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Nicholas Dutton)

Air Force awards potential $46B digital engineering contract vehicle

Defense

The Jet Propulsion Labs’ Team RoboSimian 275-pound robot climbs out of a Polaris vehicle after driving through obsticles during the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Robotics Challenge at the Fairplex June 5, 2015 in Pomona, California. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

JAIC completes draft of AI ethics implementation guidance

Emerging Tech

20 October 2016, San Diego, CA. Lt. Col. Bryan Juntunen (left), the assistant program manager for end to end integration of the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) conducts a MUOS demonstration for Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) (Right), the chairman of the House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee, during Rogers’ visit to the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific. (Photo by Alan Antczak Released) 161020-N-YN244-002

House adds $4.2B in cyber, innovation funding to NDAA

Emerging Tech

Nicolas Chaillan, U.S. Air Force, chief software officer — Nicolas Chaillan speaks Oct. 2, 2019, at the Public Sector Innovation Summit presented by VMware and produced by FedScoop and StateScoop. (Scoop News Group)

Air Force software chief Nic Chaillan resigns

Defense