Senate confirms former Uber executive as Pentagon’s chief technology officer
The Senate on Wednesday voted 54-43 to confirm businessman Emil Michael as undersecretary of defense for research and engineering and the Pentagon’s CTO.
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Defense Innovation Board calls on DOD to reorganize, launch new undersecretariat
Based on a recent study, the DIB has recommended the establishment of an Undersecretary of Defense for International Industrial Cooperation.
US university seeks Pentagon waiver to keep operating China-affiliated ‘Confucius Institute’
The request comes shortly after Rep. Mike Gallagher penned letters to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Alfred University President Mark Zupan earlier this month.
Pentagon upgrades Innovation Pathways website as it looks to connect with non-traditional vendors
The Pentagon has added an improved “matchmaking tool” and other features to its Innovation Pathways website as it tries to better connect industry, academia and warfighters to…
Pentagon forms new AI hubs for R&D teams to share data and advance models
OSD's principal director for trusted AI and autonomy briefed DefenseScoop on the new initiative.
Pentagon’s R&E enterprise confronts emerging tech manufacturability gaps
The Pentagon’s research and engineering directorate is investigating manufacturing challenges that are affecting the defense industrial base and hindering its ability to deploy capabilities aligned with key…
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DOD eyeing ‘transformational’ edge computing, fog computing tech
Companies can apply for opportunities to present their technologies to Pentagon officials at a solutions meeting later this year.
Pentagon confronting many unknowns in driving quantum breakthroughs
DOD's leading quantum-focused official said he's open to all ideas — even bad ones — regarding how to proceed with the ultramodern technology.