DOD needs to balance expediting its software acquisition process with a better system for gauging prospective vulnerabilities and mitigating harm in the event of an attack, the author of this op-ed ...

The Pentagon must default to rapid acquisition processes when buying software, from business systems to weapons components, the defense secretary said in a Thursday memo. The move is a “big deal,” one ...

The U.S. Department of Defense is shifting how it buys software eyeing greater access to commercial and non-traditional software providers as the Pentagon hopes to rapidly modernize its weapons and ...

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NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—The White House has made it clear that it wants to uncomplicate the Pentagon’s labyrinthian acquisition system. But the antiquated process that treats buying quadcopter drones the ...

The Department of Defense is at grave risk of being caught flat-footed by the next software vulnerability. When an adversary discovers it, the Pentagon may not know which systems are exposed until ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. U.S. service members participate in a cybersecurity exercise, Cyber Yankee, in Connecticut in 2023. (Sgt. Matthew Lucibello/U.S.