Jackson Barnett

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Aerial view of the damaged Mississippi Gulf Coast. Mississippi suffered extensive damage from the storm surge and high winds of hurricane Katrina. (Marty Bahamonde/FEMA)

DIU announces disaster-mapping AI challenge

Defense

Spc. Joshua Wilson, a fire support specialist with 3rd Battalion, 6th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (LI). (Photo by Staff Sgt. James Avery)

HHS partners with DISA on assured identity biometric login system

Defense

Army Cyber Command, Cyber Flag 2019 — Participants in the Army’s Cyber Flag exercise in Suffolk, Virginia, in June 2019. (U.S. Cyber Command)

Army’s new cyber units come with serious workforce challenges, GAO finds

Tech

(Perspecta)

NGA inks $824 million modernization deal with Perspecta

Emerging Tech

wildfire — A Texas Army National Guard UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter helps fight wildfires near Bastrop, Texas, Oct. 14, 2015. (U.S. Army National Guard / Sgt. 1st Class Malcolm McClendon).

Tests of wildfire-tracking AI are just months away, JAIC says

Emerging Tech

Michael Griffin, DOD — Michael Griffin speaks during the 2018 Engineers Week celebration held at the Pentagon Library and Conference Center. (U.S. Navy / John F. Williams)

DOD establishing a director role to lead 5G development

Defense

The El Capitan supercomputer. (Department of Energy)

New supercomputer will let nuclear security agency do ‘1.5 quintillion calculations per second’

Acquisition

Senior Airman Christopher Smith, 56th Operations Support Squadron Weather Flight journeyman, reviews a forecast at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., Feb. 14, 2019. Weather supports flying units by providing Mission Execution Forecasts, detailed descriptions of the weather conditions for a specific mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Leala Marquez)

Air Force gets supercomputing-as-a-service to power weather forecasting

Defense

(U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Scott Warner)

Army Futures Command enters battle to replace CAC cards

Defense