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The Defense Department’s flagship digital modernization strategy included strategic goals that were not always “specific, verifiable and measurable,” potentially leading to performance gaps or changes in mission needs, according to a new audit from the Pentagon’s Inspector General. At the same time, leadership and personnel turnover at the DOD Chief Information Office prohibited officials from conducting annual reviews of the strategy’s implementation, the probe found. https://lnkd.in/e5NCGGN6

Facing confusion from industry, allies and partners about how they can best engage with military components and understand contractual and decision-making structures, the Defense Innovation Board is calling on Pentagon leadership to launch an internal reorganization and establish a new undersecretariat focused on international industrial cooperation. During their open meeting on Wednesday, members of the panel agreed upon those and other recommendations, based on a study they were tasked with delivering, called Optimizing Innovation Cooperation with Allies and Partners. https://lnkd.in/gQNfTB59

NATO leaders sharply condemned hybrid warfare threats in a new communiqué, as reports of such adversarial sabotage, cyberattacks, electronic interference, and other malign activities to undermine the alliance’s members continue to intensify. In on-stage briefings and sideline conversations with DefenseScoop at the NATO summit last week, senior officials from multiple nations in the alliance discussed recent moves — including a blatant call-out and new measures in the Washington Summit Declaration — to accelerate plans that will help them collectively prepare for and defend against hybrid warfare tactics from Russia, China and elsewhere. https://lnkd.in/g8tk-CG9

Air Force plans "sprint week" to experiment with ABMS solutions from industry. Mikayla Easley has the details: https://lnkd.in/e4wxCdbf

The Department of the Air Force released a presolicitation Tuesday as it looks for new target-tracking capabilities fueled by AI and other cutting-edge technologies. The Air Force plans to spend approximately $99 million on the multiyear innovation effort and multiple awards are anticipated, according to the announcement. https://lnkd.in/erv4UTGp

The Pentagon’s network protector is running a pilot to improve how it does intelligence for defensive cyber. The pilot is being conducted by Joint Force Headquarters-Department of Defense Information Network — a subordinate headquarters under U.S. Cyber Command responsible for defending the DOD’s network globally — and the Defense Intelligence Agency, which is responsible for providing intel on foreign militaries and owning all the intelligence directorates, or J2s, at the combatant commands. https://lnkd.in/emMhkYr3

Navy to reset and reinvigorate Operation Cattle Drive. Brandi Vincent reports on a new memo obtained by DefenseScoop: https://lnkd.in/egeCwfmA