Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., has introduced a bill that would require the Department of Defense to report to Congress on risk assessments of the use of artificial intelligence in defense systems as
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) is seeking public comments on a research and development plan for orbital debris. OSTP will use feedback and recommendations to help inform
MoreThe Information Technology Industry (ITI) Council, a tech trade association, has provided the U.S. government with several recommendations to establish a resilient supply chain for semiconductors and address the current chip shortage.
MoreKeith Alexander, a retired U.S. Army general and founder, chairman and co-CEO of IronNet Cybersecurity, said the concept of collective defense against cyberthreats involves the use of behavioral analytics to detect beaconing,
MoreThe Department of the Treasury has sanctioned virtual currency exchange Chatex and its associated network of three companies for facilitating transactions for threat actors involved in ransomware attacks. The Treasury said Monday
MoreHeidi Shyu, undersecretary for research and engineering at the Department of Defense and a previous Wash100 Award winner, said DOD’s innovation steering group oversees an initiative called the Rapid Defense Experimentation Reserve
MoreThe Department of Commerce will impose time limits on the imaging operations of constellations of U.S. commercial remote sensing satellites that have the ability to capture repeat images of a terrestrial location
MoreSens. Gary Peters, D-Mich., Rob Portman, R-Ohio, Mark Warner, D-Va., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, have proposed an amendment to the annual defense authorization bill that would require owners and operators of critical
MoreThe White House has moved to Jan. 4th the deadline for federal contractors to comply with the COVID-19 vaccination requirement, Federal News Network reported Thursday. The Biden administration said the new deadline
MoreThe Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET) has issued a report providing an overview of trends in robotics patents issued to inventors across 88 countries from 2005 to 2019. CSET said
MoreLt. Gen. Michael Groen, director of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) and a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient, said JAIC is in a phase where it focuses on enabling AI capabilities and
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