Cybersecurity is one of the Defense Intelligence Agency’s top mission priorities according to its director. In an interview with Scoop News Group’s Wyatt Kash, DIA Chief Technology Officer Ramesh Menon explains the scope of the cybersecurity duties at his organization.

The Space Force will soon have a new chief of space operations. Current CSO Gen John “Jay” Raymond will retire after 38 years of service. Gen. Raymond tells DefenseScoop reporter Brandi Vincent about his experience as chief of space operations.

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On this week’s episode of The DefenseScoop Podcast, the Air Force makes a major step forward with its Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile program and the Army activates its third multi-domain task force.

The Defense Innovation Unit has a notice for commercial technology for a hypersonic test vehicle. At DefenseTalks, William LaPlante, under secretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, tells DefenseScoop’s Jon Harper the news on hypersonics is good.

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The Department of Defense is about to begin year four of its full audit. The department has more than 400 IT systems that have a piece of the department’s financial management system.

Chris Radich, vice president of solution engineering for public sector at Celonis, discusses the biggest issues the Pentagon faces in getting to a clean audit. This interview is underwritten by Celonis.

The cloud is a crucial part of the Army’s future fight, according to its chief information officer Raj Iyer. Paul Puckett, director of the Enterprise Cloud Management Agency at the U.S. Army, tells DefenseScoop’s Jon Harper why the Army is going all-in on the cloud.

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DefenseTalks is coming up on Thursday, September 15. DefenseScoop reporters Brandi Vincent and Mark Pomerleau preview what you’ll hear at the event.

The Army’s pilot program to let soldiers use their own devices is under way. Joel Bagnal, director of federal at SpyCloud and former principal homeland security and counterterrorism advisor to the President of the United States, discusses the return of “BYOD” across the Army and Department of Defense.

Hypersonics is one of the U.S. military’s highest priorities as Russia and China test the technology too. Bill LaPlante, under secretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, tells DefenseScoop’s Jon Harper about the future of hypersonics in the military.

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The Air Force sees an opportunity to scale production of drones and software in “wars of attrition” and the Army will create a new offensive cyber and space program office.

The Department of Defense will roll out a new marketplace to buy technology, with the goal of getting that technology into the department faster. MG Garrett Yee (USA-ret.), vice president and general manager of Army sector at GDIT and former assistant to the director at DISA and chief information security officer for Army CIO/G-6, discusses what those technologies are and how DOD can continue leveraging them.

DISA says it’s making progress moving to the successor of milCloud 2.0. At FedTalks, Sharon Woods, executive director of the Cloud Computing Program Office at DISA, explains how her office is helping make that progress.

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On this week’s episode of The DefenseScoop Podcast, a highlight from Department of Defense Chief Information Officer John Sherman’s keynote address at FedTalks last week. Sherman highlights the progress the Pentagon has made on its zero-trust journey and how his organization’s people are the drivers for that transformation.

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On this week’s episode of The DefenseScoop Podcast, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks will tour government and research facilities across four states this week.

The Defense Information Systems Agency is standing up a new innovation unit to drive experimentation. Jeanelle Holder, program manager at DISAWERX, tells DefenseScoop reporter Brandi Vincent the mission of her unit.

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On this week’s episode of The DefenseScoop Podcast, military branch leaders see potential problems with how the Department of Defense is coordinating work on Joint All-Domain Command and Control.

Janice Haith, strategic client director for Department of the Navy at Oracle and former deputy chief information officer of the Navy, discusses what the coordination should be across DOD to continue the momentum towards JADC2.

Maj. Gen. Kim Crider (USAF, ret.), former chief technology and innovation officer for the Space Force, explains the issues DOD leaders are facing in implementing JADC2 and leveraging the data assets that are available.

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On this week’s episode of The DefenseScoop Podcast, DISA is expanding its Thunderdome cybersecurity project and the Naval Surface Force artificial intelligence and data strategy is on the way.

The Department of Defense’s Chief Technology Officer Heidi Shyu has 14 technologies she’s emphasizing throughout the department. Barbara McQuiston, DOD’s deputy CTO for science and technology, discusses her S&T portfolio and how she is helping leverage these developing technologies across the department.

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On this week’s episode of The DefenseScoop Podcast, Navy will soon re-award its aerial jammer contract and some details about the Senate Armed Services Committee's version of the National Defense Authorization Act.

Tara Murphy Dougherty, CEO at Govini and former chief of staff for global strategic affairs in the Office of the Security of Defense, discusses where the federal government is spending its money on critical technologies for national security.

Part two of Director of the Defense Innovation Unit Michael Brown’s conversation with DefenseScoop Reporter Brandi Vincent. Brown discusses his tenure at DIU and what to expect during his final weeks with the unit. You can listen to the first part of the discussion on last week’s episode of The DefenseScoop Podcast.

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