“CHRA will make a mistake … We'll fix them,” CHRA Director Karen Pane said. “In order to be creative, you sometimes have to have the possibility of failing.”
The Defense Department has also doled out more than $1 billion in bonuses, averaging $13,000 per person, to over 90,000 employees it says are top performers.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks before President Donald Trump at an event for Anduril Industries, Inc., at Sparrows Point Shipyard, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026, in Sparrows Point, Md. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
“If a Coco robot can make its way and deliver goods and services from one place to another, surely your Army can figure this out,” Army CTO Alex Miller said.
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Tracy Northington, Joint Task Force Southern Guard force protection noncommissioned officer in charge, demonstrates counter unmanned aerial system capabilities at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Aug. 4, 2025. Counter UAS’s are used to offset the operation challenges and threats posed by UAS’s. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Natalie Rubenak)
Officials hope the changes will get new infrastructure finished up to 50% faster and 30% cheaper — numbers the Army installations boss called “slightly crazy.”
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah district manages an extensive military construction program at Army and Air Force installations in Georgia and North Carolina. Pictured here is a barracks construction project for the 108th ADA at Fort Bragg, N.C.
Federal CISOs are learning to navigate AI's promise and peril. Even so Revolutional's cyber leader warns against buying tools that overpromise and underdeliver.
If commercial firms can participate in the most technologically advanced programs, officials say, those projects could become more innovative and cheaper.
Space Force Col. Andrew S. Menschner, deputy commander of Space Systems Command, administers the oath of office to the final cohort of Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard members transferring to the Space Force at Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif., Oct. 1, 2026. The ceremony marked the completion of a historic transition pipeline that integrated 250 Reserve and Guard personnel into the Space Force from July to October. (Van Ha/Space Force)
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