Pentagon seeks input on plan to streamline software authorizations
A new request for information follows a promise made by Katie Arrington to overhaul how the Defense Department runs its authority-to-operate process. The Defense Department is moving ahead with its work to streamline how it certifies software for use by DOD agencies and components. In April, DOD’s acting chief information officer Katie Arrington gave a preview of […]
Trump administration releases first wave of acquisition regulation changes
This set of revisions would significantly shrink the Federal Acquisition Regulation, as well as empower contracting officers and acquisition teams to use their “business judgment” in pushing innovation. The Trump administration is moving quick on its promise to conduct a massive overhaul of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, a project being called Revolutionary FAR Overhaul. FAR is the subject […]
Anduril acquires communications hardware provider
This is acquisition number nine for Anduril since it opened for business in 2017. Anduril has agreed to acquire a manufacturer of tactical communications systems as part of a continued push to incorporate more hardware into its autonomous technologies including software. Klas is headquartered in Ireland and specializes in compact computers and internet equipment, which the […]
WT 360: How federal tech policy leans on speed, efficiency and commercial approaches
Bill Wright, head of global government affairs at Elastic, explains how the bipartisan nature of artificial intelligence and cybersecurity shapes policy and how industry can play a critical role in that. The pace of change is accelerating in the market, which means we can always take a step back to understand where those changes have […]
‘Gimmicks’: GOP lawmakers slam Trump’s ‘trillion-dollar’ defense-spending proposal
White House claims of a 13% increase rest on unusual budgetary maneuvers, not a higher DOD topline. Updated: 6:51 p.m. ET. The White House says it has proposed the first trillion-dollar defense budget, but some senators and budget analysts aren’t buying it. “For Defense spending, the President proposes an increase of 13 percent to $1.01 trillion […]