Joe Gould
Joe Gould was the senior Pentagon reporter for Defense News, covering the intersection of national security policy, politics and the defense industry. He had previously served as Congress reporter.
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Republican budget plan will ‘undermine’ US security, warns Biden admin
The Biden administration is portraying plans from Republicans to gut the federal budget as jeopardizing national security.
Space Force seeks $832 million in classified spending, new missions and more in annual wish list
The unfunded priority list lays out funding requests on top of the $17.4 billion in the Space Force's annual budget proposal.
Biden urged by tech firms to embrace commercial software
Complicated software that the government buys or builds itself fails too often, the businesses argue.
Hawley bill would spotlight Chinese electronics in defense systems
Defense contractors would be required to tell the Pentagon if China, Russia, Iran and North Korea made any of the printed circuit boards in systems they were supplying, under recently introduced legislation.
New cyber-hardening mandates may be coming for defense firms
Washington seems likely to take steps requiring the defense industrial base better harden against cyber attacks, two veterans of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission said Wednesday.
Senators push quantum computing at DoD
New legislation aims to boost America's global competitiveness in quantum computing technology.
Pentagon processes ‘antithetical’ to AI development, former Google CEO warns
The Pentagon’s onerous acquisition pipeline is “antithetical to prioritizing” artificial intelligence and must change if the country hopes to stay ahead of China, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt said Friday.
Schumer says Senate will draft tech research funding bill
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Tuesday he is directing lead Senate Democrats to draft bipartisan legislation invest in developing disruptive new technologies and challenge Beijing.
After SolarWinds, US needs to toughen cyber defenses, says Microsoft president
Microsoft Corp. President Brad Smith asked the Senate Armed Services Committee to picture the danger from a cyberattack on the water supply or other national infrastructures.
A reshuffling of House subcommittees to boost oversight of military tech
The House Armed Services Committee announced the creation of a new Cyber, Innovative Technologies, and Information Systems Subcommittee.
