Secret Service wants more AI robots for target practice
The Department of Homeland Security unit is planning to award a contract later this year to expand its autonomous robotic training tools.
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A close-up of one of the robotic target practices used by the Secret Service in October 2025. (Photo from the Secret Service) AI -
Ajay Mehta, the director of the National Weather Service’s Office of Systems speaks at the agency’s first industry day for Radar Next, a program that would replace the nation’s aging radar infrastructure. (Madison Alder/FedScoop) Modernization NWS wants to accelerate a radar infrastructure overhaul. It’s seeking industry help.
Schedule acceleration was among the questions the weather agency posed during its first industry day for its Radar Next program.
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Getty Images Sponsored Insights Turning defense workforce data into mission readiness
How AI-powered platforms move defense agencies from reactive staffing to predictive workforce planning and improved readiness.
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Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins takes his seat at the witness table for the House Veterans Affairs Committee hearing on “Opportunities with VHA Reorganization” in the Cannon House Office Building on Feb. 11, 2026. John Bartrum, under secretary for health, is seated to the left. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) AI VA health secretary quits less than a year into tenure
John Bartrum, who led the Veterans Health Administration’s rollout of electronic health record modernization, said he is leaving public service.
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U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin testifies before the House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on June 25, 2026 in Washington, DC. Mullin answered subcommittee members’ questions about his department’s FY2027 budget. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Tech DHS looks to put funds toward FBI’s counter-drone training center
The agency is looking for ways to partner with the Department of Justice unit as UAS threats multiply, Secretary Markwayne Mullin told lawmakers during a hearing.
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Flight Director Kerri Englert goes over details for an emerging tech test day aboard “Miss Piggy,” one of NOAA’s two Lockheed Orion WP-3D aircraft, on April 7, 2026. (Madison Alder/FedScoop) Emerging Tech Simultaneous drones, better data: NOAA hurricane tech hits milestones
As hurricane season begins, the weather agency is seeing promise in drones and other emerging plane-deployed technologies.
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Trump issues a new AI national security memo
President Donald Trump on Friday signed out a new artificial intelligence national security memorandum that the White House says establishes “a new framework to put the most advanced, secure, and reliable AI systems into the hands of America’s warfighters and intelligence professionals while ensuring their responsible use.” The memo rescinds the Biden administration’s National Security […]
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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy speaks during the agency’s Modern Skies Summit on Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at the DOT Headquarters in Washington, D.C. Modernization FAA tech teams to partner with AI vendors on customized ATC software
While the project is currently unfunded, the Department of Transportation unit is already working with three providers.
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The Daily Scoop Energy secretary sees ‘growing’ opposition to AI as ‘very real’ risk
The Energy Department might be all in on artificial intelligence, but the increasing apprehension among the American public is starting to pose a challenge, according to the agency’s top official. During a budget hearing on Capitol Hill last week, Energy Secretary Chris Wright told lawmakers that “The country as a whole is going very negative […]
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AI Calling all gamers to join the FAA as air traffic controllers
And, the U.S. Navy is using underwater drones to help clear Iranian mines from Strait of Hormuz