DNI Tulsi Gabbard promised to speed the delivery of intelligence products to users including Congress, stressing that intelligence that "come[s] too late, or it's not providing that complete picture that [the president] needs to be able to make important calls" is "useless."
Greg Ryckman, DIA's deputy director for Global Integration, said open source info used to be the "salt" sprinkled on top of completed intelligence products, but now it's the secret intelligence that's become the salt on the "main course" that is open source intel.
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Because open-source software lacks the same kind of cyber certification that comes with more sensitive information, it is fertile ground for start-ups looking to work on military data, provided each service makes an open-source library available.
“We’ve built an operating system that everyone can build applications for – from Raytheon to the Air Force to universities to small companies," says Dave Wajsgras, president of Raytheon ISS.
To stay ahead of adversaries, the IC must change its internal "data ownership" culture that allows those who collect data to believe "they are the ones who get to determine how it's used," says Sue Gordon.
PENTAGON CITY: Sen. Susan Collins has a bill about how to improve cyber sharing that should go to markup next week and she spoke about the challenges cyber poses to the government this morning at the Intelligence and National Security Alliance annual conference here. Three former directors of National Intelligence — John Negroponte, Mike McConnell and […]
It’s about improving existing platforms with autonomy, and applying AI, edge computing, quantum encryption, and sensor fusion.
WASHINGTON: Hey, defense contractors! Open source software is not your enemy. In fact, far from undercutting your profits, it may increase them – and increase the US military’s capabilities at the same time. That’s a central concept in the Center for a New American Security’s recently established Technology and Security program, which aims to shake […]
Defense Department and intelligence community officials have been talking about open source software as the next great thing for government technology programs for years. Why all the love? Speaking at a recent industry gathering, government officials described what they like about the software: it’s affordable, flexible, and can be quickly modified by developers because they […]
ARLINGTON, VA: At $2.6 million, the contract award that Lockheed Martin will announce today to upgrade something called the Distributed Common Ground System is a rounding error in the aerospace giant’s $46.5 billion annual revenue. But in an age of austerity, when mega-programs like Lockheed’s flagship Joint Strike Fighter are under ever-increasing scrutiny, small can […]