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ship, vessel, sea, ocean, data, autonomous, unmanned, navy — (Getty Images)

Navy researches ways to push autonomous ships past current limits

Emerging Tech

USS Princeton, missile, weapons — Sailors aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton fire an RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missile during the Rim of the Pacific 2016, the world’s largest international maritime exercise, in the Pacific Ocean, July 14, 2016. (U.S. Navy / Petty Officer 1st Class Jason Noble)

‘Agile’ is not quite agile for DOD, and other familiar acquisition problems persist, watchdog finds

Defense

Ellen Lord, DOD undersecretary — Ellen Lord speaks to reporters at the Pentagon on May 3, 2019. (DOD / Army Sgt. Amber I. Smith)

Pentagon wants to give contractors an extra year to remove Chinese tech

Policy

Bruce Crawford, Army — Lt. Gen. Bruce T. Crawford speaks at a “Why We Serve” event Jan. 11, 2017. (David Vergun)

Army to split CIO/G-6 position into two new roles

Defense

Dome of the U.S. Capitol Building, Congress, House, Senate, Washington, D.C. — (REUTERS / Erin Scott)

Senate NDAA wants Pentagon to improve IT systems that handle business management

Defense

Ellen Lord, Department of Defense, DOD, Pentagon — Ellen Lord briefs the press at the Pentagon on April 30, 2020. (DOD /Lisa Ferdinando)

DOD needs a ‘modern IT system’ to brace for second wave of pandemic logistics

Emerging Tech

unmanned aircraft, Army — U.S. Army Sgt. Juan Gonzalez, an infantryman assigned to 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, launches a Puma unmanned aerial vehicle during a live-fire exercise at Bemowo Piskie Training Area, Poland, June 2, 2020. (U.S. Army / Spc. Justin W. Stafford)

Army working to team up its autonomous systems across domains with AI

Defense

AIMD Misawa Cleaning Stations — Aviation Structural Mechanic Airman Branden Weeks, assigned to Aviation Intermediate Maintenance Detachment Misawa, wipes down and sanitizes a drinking fountain as part of a modified daily cleaning routine on March 24 to help prevent the spread coronavirus and COVID-19. (U.S. Navy / Chief Mass Communication Specialist Joseph M. Buliavac)

DIU looking for robots that can kill coronavirus

Defense

veterans affairs, veterans health, va — The George E. Wahlen VA Medical Center in Salt Lake City. (Veterans Health Administration / Flickr)

Better communication still needed on VA’s EHR push, congressional watchdog says

Defense