The director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) describes how his organization is bringing together stovepiped intelligence into a single entity known as the Machine-assisted Analytic Rapid-repository System, or MARS.
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AI Offers Intelligence Pitfalls as Well as Advantages
August 13, 2019
The intelligence community is counting on AI to carry out its mission in the coming years, but the still-evolving technology offers many potential hazards that could cause more harm than good.
NSA Promises Improved Partnerships in Cybersecurity Directorate
July 24, 2019
The NSA is increasing partnerships and coordinating foreign intelligence information in its upcoming Cybersecurity Directorate.
CIA Remains Tied to the Industry
July 3, 2019
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The intelligence agency continues to turn to the private sector for help solving complex problems.
NGA Tabs 10 MagQuest Winners
July 2, 2019
The Earth's magnetic field may have nothing to hide if 10 National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency innovation awards bear fruit.
Sea Service Pivots to Protect Against Great Powers
June 5, 2019
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Today’s threats demand different capabilities, including delivering data directly to all ships at sea no matter the environmental or combat conditions.
ODNI Seeks Industry Innovation
May 24, 2019
The intelligence agency is looking for industry to present capabilities to enhance national security.
Taking a Byte Out of Cyber Crime
May 7, 2019
Cyber-related attacks are becoming a greater part of the FBI’s portfolio, leader says.
NSA Releases the Dragon
April 8, 2019
The National Security Agency is now sharing the source code of Ghidra, its reverse engineering tool for cybersecurity.
NGA Offers Geomagnetic Data Collection Contest
March 21, 2019
The intel mapping agency hopes that the challenge, now open through May 16, will spur innovation.
U.S. Marshals CIO Stresses Mobile Platforms, Other Advancements
March 6, 2019
The federal agency is looking to digital capabilities that help aid the capture of fugitives and transport of prisoners.
Intel Community CIO calls for Urgency
March 5, 2019
U.S. adversaries are quickly developing cyber-related technologies, at the same time that they are pursuing conventional arms and space capabilities.
Intelligence Strategy Outlines Measures for a Complex Threat Environment
January 31, 2019
To combat adversaries’ threats, the intelligence community needs to sharpen its actions, ODNI report states.
Dan Coats: U.S. Faces Toxic Mix of Threats
January 29, 2019
Cyber, artificial intelligence and nuclear, chemical and biological weapons of mass destruction top the intelligence community's technological threat list.
IARPA Issues Two Technology Challenges
January 9, 2019
IARPA announces two new technology challenges: one for measuring the performance of credibility assessment tools, another for automated video monitoring.
IARPA Interested in Deep Learning, Portable Cooling
January 9, 2019
IARPA has released two RFIs: one for classified machine learning and deep learning research and another for innovative cooling technologies for portable devices such as cellphones.
An EPIC Ending to Intelligence App Challenge
September 19, 2018
A challenge to develop an app to help the intelligence community tap open-source information ultimately led to software featuring a neural network approach to predict social unrest.
Russia Looms as Major Threat, Say Service Intelligence Chiefs
September 5, 2018
China is on the rise, but Russia is building an efficient military to challenge the United States worldwide, say U.S. service intelligence chiefs.
Disinformation Is a Never-Ending Story
September 5, 2018
Nations are lining up to influence U.S. information through modern propaganda and disinformation activities. A public-private partnership will be necessary to mitigate effects, but roles remain undefined.
Technology Both Empowers and Undermines National Security
September 4, 2018
A variety of adversaries are menacing the United States through technology innovation. That same approach may be the U.S. solution to their threat.
