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DOD focuses on talent pipeline, career paths to attract AI pros
August 31, 2023 — Pentagon officials are focusing on ways to attract artificial intelligence experts as the Defense Department plots its course for leveraging the transformational technology to enable warfighters... MORE

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DOD releases plan for implementing cyber workforce strategy
August 4, 2023 — The Defense Department Cyber Workforce Strategy sets the foundation for how the Department of Defense will foster a cyber workforce capable of executing complex and varied missions... MORE

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DOD committed to ethical use of artificial intelligence
June 20, 2023 — A top Pentagon technology official underscored the U.S. commitment to leading the international conversation surrounding artificial intelligence during a panel discussion in Washington... MORE

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Bug Awareness Week: Small bugs pack a pathogenic punch
June 13, 2023 — Bug Awareness Week is an annual public health campaign held June 10-17 to heighten awareness of the potential risks associated with insect-related transmissible diseases... MORE

Innovation critical to success as DOD faces competition with China
May 11, 2023 — The Department of Defense's propensity to innovate will be vital to deterring future conflict and maintaining the U.S. military's strategic edge going forward, Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen H. Hicks said May 9... MORE

DOD aims to improve network security, leverage new technologies
May 3, 2023 — The Defense Information Systems Agency and the Department of Defense Information Network are looking for ways to repurpose cutting-edge technology to protect the DOD's global network, the director of those organizations said... MORE

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DOD investing in wearable technology that could rapidly predict disease
May 1, 2023 — The Defense Innovation Unit, in partnership with the private sector, has developed a wearable device that identifies infections... MORE

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DOD working to better understand, resolve anomalous phenomena
April 20, 2023 — A Department of Defense team is leading an effort to better characterize, understand and attribute unidentified anomalous phenomena, with priority given to sightings in or near areas of national security importance or reported by military personnel... MORE

DOD aims to shield warfighters from novel biological agents
January 10, 2023 — The Department of Defense is modernizing its approach for developing medical countermeasures to protect warfighters from novel biological agents... MORE

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DOD office moving ahead in mission to identify 'anomalous phenomena'
December 20, 2022 — The Defense Department's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office was set up to document "unidentified anomalous phenomena" that might pose a threat to national security and the operations of both the military and other federal agencies. ... MORE

Air Force offering hands-on experience to future researchers
December 12, 2022 — The Air Force Research Laboratory is accepting applications through Jan. 20, 2023, for a fully funded graduate student internship program... MORE

Graduate student intern Brittani Huegen works in the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Liquid Metals Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Nov. 29, 2022, preparing an electromyography measurement using liquid metal-based electrodes. Huegen, a fifth-year Duke University Ph.D. candidate in electrical engineering, began her internship with AFRL’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate in September 2022. AFRL is accepting applications for this fully funded graduate student internship program Dec. 1, 2022 through Jan. 20, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo / Jonathan Taulbee)

Modernization of armed forces a collaborative effort, official says
September 12, 2022 — The Defense Department, in collaboration with academia, industry, allies and partners, is developing cutting-edge technology to ensure the warfighter has the upper edge on the battlefield.  ... MORE

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Deputy Defense Secretary: DOD must field capabilities faster
September 1, 2022 — In the face of the pacing challenge from China and threats from Russia, Iran, North Korea and extremist groups, DOD must transition from experimentation and prototyping to fielding capabilities much more quickly, the deputy defense secretary said... MORE

CHIPS Act advances DOD's emphasis on microelectronics
August 11, 2022 — The CHIPS Act provides both investment and incentive funding to build semiconductor manufacturing facilities in the U.S. and to advance research and development activities at both the national and regional levels... MORE

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Leadership key to moving Defense Department toward data-driven future 
June 13, 2022 — Getting after what motivates people — the incentives — is how the department will further its data and AI goals, said Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen H. Hicks... MORE

DOD: It's not just state actors who pose cyber threat to U.S.
May 23, 2022 — It's not just hackers operating at the behest of adversarial nation-states who pose a threat to U.S. cyber infrastructure — it's also cybercriminals who are just in it for the money, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for cyber policy said... MORE

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DOD must take action to keep tech edge
May 16, 2022 — As America's strategic competitors advance their technological advantage, the U.S. must take action to avoid losing its edge, the undersecretary of defense for research and engineering said recently... MORE

AI-powered app aims to discover talent in Guard, Reserve
May 12, 2022 — Members of the Reserve and National Guard are highly skilled across a variety of private-sector industries and have the potential to make substantial contributions to Defense Department missions, a DOD official said. ... MORE

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DOD reignites cancer research initiative to 'end cancer as we know it today'
May 5, 2022 — Defense Department health officials will discuss cancer research efforts with the aim of reducing cancer prevalence and cancer-related deaths across the Military Health System. ... MORE

DOD aims to close gap in bringing U.S. tech innovation to market
April 20, 2022 — With the U.S. currently responsible for only about 12% of global microelectronics production, the Defense Department-led "microelectronics commons" aims to close the gaps that prevent the best ideas in technology from reaching the market... MORE