Jackson Barnett

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

DISA to launch $11B, single-award Defense Enclave Services IT contract in September

Acquisition

The acting director of the Department of Defense Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, Nand Mulchandani, briefs reporters about DoD’s recent initiatives with artificial intelligence, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., July 8, 2020. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando)

JAIC wants to make smaller ’boutique’ data sets

Emerging Tech

An F-15E Strike Eagle painted in the heritage colors of it’s P-47 Thunderbolt predecessor takes off from Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England Feb 6. The 48th Fighter Wing officially unveiled the aircraft publicly during a ceremony on Jan 31. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Matthew Plew)

AI beat a fighter pilot in a simulated dogfight — was it just ‘AI theater’?

Defense

Department of Veterans Affairs, VA — (Getty Images)

VA launches new scheduling software at Ohio medical facility

Modernization

Staff Sgt. Jared Hight, a crew chief with the 124th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Boise, Idaho, researches information on government computer at Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas, Nevada, June 8, 2019. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Joshua C. Allmaras)

Air Force’s Digital University prepares for launch with a focus on ‘tactical operators’

Cyber

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DIU launches governmentwide drone-buying program

Modernization

Army ground robots — An Army illustration of ground robotic vehicles trained to receive demonstration commands instead of verbal commands as part of ongoing Army-led research. (Army Research Lab)

The Army wants soldiers to talk with robots, and for the robots to talk back

Emerging Tech

Satya Nadella, Microsoft CEO — Satya Nadella speaks at the Annual Meeting 2019 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 22, 2019. (World Economic Forum / Valeriano Di Domenico / Flickr)

Microsoft CEO stresses importance of work with the military

Defense

Navy telework, DOD telework — Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Natalia Murillo, a native of San Diego, participates in a video conference with Navy Public Affairs Support Element (NPASE) West during a drill weekend in May 2020. (U.S. Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Natalia Murillo)

DISA expands cloud services, endpoint security as telework continues

Acquisition