In a decisive move to stay ahead in an era of rapidly evolving digital threats, the Department of Defense (DOD) is accelerating its push for software modernization. The upcoming launch of the Software ...

DOD needs to balance expediting its software acquisition process with a better system for gauging prospective vulnerabilities and mitigating harm in the event of an attack, the author of this op-ed ...

The Pentagon must default to rapid acquisition processes when buying software, from business systems to weapons components, the defense secretary said in a Thursday memo. The move is a “big deal,” one ...

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth visits Joint Task Force North, US Northern Command, to see the efforts military men and women are undertaking in support of US Customs and Border Protection to ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth this week issued a mandate to Defense Department acquisition offices requiring all new ...

The U.S. Department of Defense is shifting how it buys software eyeing greater access to commercial and non-traditional software providers as the Pentagon hopes to rapidly modernize its weapons and ...

WHAT: The Trump Administration issued an Executive Order (EO) to kick off a “comprehensive overhaul” of the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) acquisition system, aiming to “rapidly reform” acquisition ...

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 10, 2017 ” The Defense Science Board has selected William LaPlante, vice president of Mitre‘s intelligence business, to co-chair a task force on software design and procurement ...

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—The White House has made it clear that it wants to uncomplicate the Pentagon’s labyrinthian acquisition system. But the antiquated process that treats buying quadcopter drones the ...

U.S. service members participate in a cybersecurity exercise, Cyber Yankee, in Connecticut in 2023. (Sgt. Matthew Lucibello/U.S. Army) The Department of Defense is at grave risk of being caught ...

The Department of Defense is at grave risk of being caught flat-footed by the next software vulnerability. When an adversary discovers it, the Pentagon may not know which systems are exposed until ...