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Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. — A runway at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. (U.S. Air Force / Staff Sgt. Natasha Stannard)

Air Force adds another base to military’s 5G program, to prototype software

Defense

workforce training tech IT, CIO, CISO — (Getty Images)

CMMC looks to clear up questions about cybersecurity assessors

Cyber

DARPA’s VAPR program wants to turn components like this into dust. (Wikimedia Commons)

Zero trust gains momentum as DOD’s new approach to manage microelectronics acquisition

Acquisition

Distributed Common Ground System-Army — Senior leaders from U.S., Australian, British and Canadian defense organizations receive a briefing at the ground terminal station of the Distributed Common Ground System-Army in August 2012 at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. (DOD / Capt. Ray Ragan)

Army seeking technologies that will better ‘harness’ its data

Emerging Tech

2020 census online response, Census Bureau — (Census Bureau)

Census Bureau needs help protecting its networks for the next decade

Acquisition

Okinawa Defense Logistics Agency operations — Defense Logistics Agency mechanics work on a fuel supply system Feb. 28, 2019, at Camp Courtney, Japan. The agency provides nearly 100 percent of the U.S. military’s fuel. (U.S. Air Force / Airman 1st Class Cynthia Belío)

For the Defense Logistics Agency, it’s all about the RPAs

Defense

Army financial management — Joint Service members and civilians participate in Exercise Diamond Saber at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, on June 26, 2019. It’s the Army’s only large-scale financial management exercise. (U.S. Army / Russell Gamache)

The Army’s financial management systems have enough tech. Here’s what they need next.

Workforce

5G wireless, mobile broadband — (Getty Images)

Here’s the Pentagon’s plan to help the US stay ahead on 5G

Emerging Tech

JAIC Director Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan — Air Force Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan, director of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, briefs the press Feb. 24, 2020. (DOD photo / Lisa Ferdinando)

JAIC needs its own acquisition authority within next two years, Shanahan says

Acquisition