Materials integrated with sensors and internet connectivity can solve issues facing soldiers in combat or training, first responders and victims and workers in refugee camps.
The rapid fabrication kits come equipped with the gear and software for constructing tools and parts in the field.
Brittleness causes programs to fail fast when under attack, which allows systems to quickly detect and disrupt cyberattacks and revert to known-good states.
With drones, automated processing, visual displays and analytics, the Meteorology and Oceanography Command can analyze the increased amount of weather data in near-real time.
The Navy Special Warfare Command is testing a vehicle-mounted drone defense system designed to counter the growing threat of weaponized consumer drones on the battlefield.
While many agencies are embracing agile software development to speed application delivery, some institutional practices make it difficult to implement.
A classified-as-a-service offering would give public cloud infrastructure operators a way to offer secure, classified, general-purpose processing to government clients.
A new program will look at developing tools that architects and programmers can use without having to understand the nuances of specific cryptographic concepts.
Defense officials are adding an additional layer of security to workplace computing through an artificial-intelligence system that monitors keystrokes and mouse behavior of individual users.
Developed by engineering researchers at Virginia Tech with support from the Office of Naval Research, Popcorn Linux may make it easier to upgrade and maintain complex, multicore systems.
Virtual environments will allow more accurate documentation for ship builders and installation engineers and give sailors a way to train on new equipment before it is placed onboard.
The nearly $500 million contract with CSRA calls for the government-run cloud to be operated by the contractor in DOD data center space.