On this week’s episode of The DefenseScoop Podcast, the Senate is one step closer to finishing its authorization work for the Department of Defense and a solution for one of the toughest battlefield injuries is a step closer to reality.

John Whitley, former Acting Secretary of the Army and former assistant secretary of the Army for Financial Management and Comptroller, discusses how DOD can improve its Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) system.

The newest portfolio at the Defense Innovation Unit is energy. Michael Brown, director of the Defense Innovation Unit, tells DefenseScoop reporter Brandi Vincent in part one of their conversation the solicitations DIU has up now in that area. Stay tuned for part two, releasing on next week’s DefenseScoop Podcast.

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On this week’s episode of The DefenseScoop Podcast, the Defense Department is reviewing results from the Hack U.S. program that ended Monday.

Rear Adm. Danelle Barrett (USN, ret.), former deputy chief information officer of the Navy and former director of current operations at U.S. Cyber Command, explains what organizations can learn about their cybersecurity posture from bug-bounty programs like Hack U.S.

Director of DOD's Vulnerability Disclosure Program in the DOD Cyber Crime Center Melissa Vice tells FedScoop’s Billy Mitchell how the program is the first of its kind and what the Pentagon hopes to learn from the bug bounty.

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On this week’s episode of The DefenseScoop Podcast, a new $1 billion innovation fund for NATO and feedback for the Army’s incremental buildout of its tactical communications network.

The Department of Defense has a new blueprint for artificial intelligence. Maj. Gen. Arnold Punaro (USMC-ret.), CEO of The Punaro Group and chair of the National Defense Industrial Association, discusses how AI and other emerging technologies will help support DOD mission success.

A cyber exercise the National Guard has completed is tightening the Guard’s collaboration with U.S. Cyber Command. Lt. Col. Cameron Sprague, executive director for the Cyber Yankee exercise and a Connecticut Guardsman, explains to DefenseScoop reporter Mark Pomerleau what the primary objective of Cyber Yankee is.

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On this week’s episode of The DefenseScoop Podcast, the Pentagon is looking to partner with HBCUs on a new research center.

At UiPath Together Public Sector 2022 produced by FedScoop, Air Force Deputy Chief Information Officer Winston Beauchamp highlights how the force is extending automation to the edge and maximizing the leverage of those capabilities.

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On this week’s episode of The DefenseScoop Podcast, the House Armed Services Committee begins its marks of the National Defense Authorization Act.

An update is coming to the Department of Defense’s policy on humans in or out of the loop using artificial intelligence tools in warfare. Gregory Allen, director of the AI Governance Project and senior fellow for the strategic technologies program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and former director of strategy and policy at DOD’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, explains the confusion that exists now in the department and what this update will hope to achieve.

The Army is pushing its cloud capabilities to the edge. At last week’s UiPath Together summit produced by FedScoop, Army Chief Information Officer Raj Iyer discusses the service’s journey to edge and how it’s using automation.

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On this week’s episode of The DefenseScoop Podcast, senior officials in the Pentagon’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office are putting together a federated data catalog.

The Department of Defense’s civilian workforce is “behind the times,” according to a report from the Defense Business Board. Deborah Lee James, chairwoman of the Defense Business Board and 23rd Secretary of the Air Force, explains the report put together by the board and how DOD can manage its civilian workforce more effectively.

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On this week’s episode of The DefenseScoop Podcast, National Defense Authorization Act markups are on the way and how the Pentagon is looking to extend the life of cement structures.

The Air Force is basing its information technology strategy on four pillars. Air Force Chief Information Officer Lauren Knausenberger discusses how the pillars are being used to bolster the organization’s cybersecurity posture and improve how data is being used.

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Each week, The DefenseScoop Podcast will feature news, trends and insights related to the use of technology in top national security and defense initiatives and the future of U.S. military operations.

The Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro and the Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday both tell Congress the Navy needs more investment in shipbuilding. RADM Sinclair Harris (USN, ret.), director of business development for the U.S. Navy market at LMI and former vice director for operations to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, discusses where the DOD Budget can better “reflect reality” and highlights the 50th anniversary of the National Naval Officers Association.

The Office of the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer is officially up and running in the Department of Defense. Katie Savage, director of the Directorate of Digital Service, explains DDS’ role in the office and how it will support the overarching goal of advancing artificial intelligence and other developing technologies across the department.

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Technology is no longer just an enabler for U.S. military services and defense agencies — it is essential to the mission of defense. Each week, DefenseScoop will publish a new podcast featuring leaders from the Department of Defense and defense industry on news, trends and insights related to the use of technology in top national security and defense initiatives and the future of U.S. military operations. Launching June 1.