Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks signed the memo in December to establish the chief digital and AI officer. (U.S. Navy photo by Glenn Sircy) New DOD Chief Digital and AI Office to start work by Feb. 1 The latest office to oversee AI and digital technology innovation will reach initial operational capability Feb. 1. Jan 26, 2022 By Jackson Barnett
Heidi Shyu, the assistant secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology), toured a CERDEC lab along with CERDEC Director Henry Muller, CERDEC Space and Terrestrial Communications Directorate Director John Willison, and CECOM Deputy Director Gary Martin to learn more about the center’s Hardware/Software Convergence initiative at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., June 16. CERDEC is modernizing and modularizing C4ISR and Electronic Warfare components so that there is a standard interface to better and more quickly facilitate the integration, compatibility and interoperability of new capabilities for the Army’s various platforms. (U.S. Army CERDEC photo by Kristen Kushiyama) DOD elevates CTO and launches new innovation steering group Kathleen Hicks says the department is trying to shift the focus of the role more towards innovation. Sep 10, 2021 By Jackson Barnett
Deputy Secretary of Defense nominee Kathleen Hicks reacts to the start of her Senate confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C. Feb. 2, 2021. (DoD photo by EJ Hersom) Hicks says DOD will take ‘meaningful action’ to remove barriers for small contractors Kathleen Hicks has called for small businesses to comment about difficulties they face working with the DOD. Sep 1, 2021 By John Hewitt Jones