March 30, 2022

DOD publishes new software modernization strategy

WASHINGTON — Delivering a more lethal force requires the ability to evolve faster and be more adaptable than adversaries, Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen H. Hicks said.

March 30, 2022

Emerging Technology Horizons: U.S Needs to Refocus on Energetic Materials [external]

The list of top defense modernization priorities that were cited in the 2018 National Defense Strategy forms the basis of our work at the National Defense Industrial Association’s Emerging Technologies Institute. An updated list of technology priorities, recently released by the office of the undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, reasserted the importance of those original emerging technologies and even added a few more topics.

March 29, 2022

​DOD Acquisition Officers Will Learn to Better Acquire and Transition Commercial Technologies

The Defense Department is promoting broader use of agile acquisition methods by training acquisition professionals on the Defense Innovation Unit's acquisition process to ensure access to commercial technology, Mike Brown, DIU director, said.  

March 29, 2022

Pentagon's Largest Ever RDT&E Budget Request Reflects AI Prioritization [external]

WASHINGTON: The Pentagon is requesting its largest ever budget for research and development, with heavy investments in artificial intelligence and technology in its fiscal 2023 budget request. The Defense Department’s $773 billion FY23 budget request includes $130.1 billion in research, development, test and evaluation funding, representing a 9.5% increase over FY22 levels, according to budget briefing slides. Michael McCord, under secretary of defense (comptroller) and chief financial officer, told Breaking Defense today DoD is “still arm wrestling the database” about the exact amount of requested funding for AI in FY23.