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Air Force Gen. Jacqueline D. Van Ovost salutes during the presentation of colors at the U.S. Transportation Command change of command, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., Oct. 15, 2021. In a ceremony presided over by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, Van Ovost took command of the joint worldwide organization. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando)

How US Transportation Command is using open-source info to counter China

“You see that the information is key, and how we scrape and get that information all together — for us, bringing it up and combining it with…

Sep 11, 2023 By Brandi Vincent

Capitalizing on the potential of open software

Data experts at Elastic explore why open software and open architectures empower agencies to improve operational capabilities and drive efficiency and cost savings.

Aug 29, 2023 By Ken Melero Mike Barretta

Children walk next to the memorial wall with the names of residents who were killed at the time of Russia’s occupation, on July 2, 2023 in Bucha, Ukraine. The Kyiv suburb was turned into a battlefield in the first month of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, as Moscow’s troops attempted to seize the capital. Ukrainian forces took back control of Bucha and nearby towns last March, after weeks of violent occupation by Russian forces. Ukrainian authorities allege that 1,400 deaths occurred during Russian occupation here, with more than 175 people found in mass graves and torture chambers, amid thousands of instances of war crimes. (Photo by Roman Pilipey/Getty Images)

‘Have the kids come home?’: How open-source technologies are reshaping conflict and humanitarian operations

DefenseScoop was recently briefed about how the U.S. government is increasingly engaging with a broad range of efforts to document evidence of potential war crimes and other…

Aug 11, 2023 By Brandi Vincent