The Department of Defense (DoD) has launched Forge.mil, a software project management site that will host the military's public open source software projects.

Enlisting open-source standards and development strategies can give the U.S. military an edge in the battlefield through greater speed and agility, according to DoD (Department of Defense) Deputy ...

News. DOD Lauches Open Source Development Site . By Doug Beizer; February 2, 2009; Defense Department officials have launched a new Web site where developers can work on open source software projects ...

News. DOD Lauches Open Source Development Site . By Doug Beizer; 02/02/2009; Defense Department officials have launched a new Web site where developers can work on open source software projects ...

Red Hat Linux, another version of the software, received a Defense Department certification Feb. 10, said Fritz Schultz, an official with the Defense Information Systems Agency.

“Open source enables us at the DoD to reuse our own things extremely easily,” he said. “The fact is the U.S. government spends hordes of money on tech and specifically on software development.

Specifically, the DoD last week released a 68-page guide entitled, “Open Technology Development: Lessons Learned and Best Practices for Military Software (PDF),” in which it seeks to “help U ...

Open-source software (OSS) may be in the crosshairs of military and government agencies as the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) evaluates the risks of both free and proprietary software. Katie ...

There are multiple initiatives in the USA and European Union to regulate the Open-source AI use – from an ethics perspective to data safety. However, very little attention is being paid to the core – ...

The US Department of Defense is awash in digital images and videos taken by a variety of sources including satellites, manned airplanes and unmanned drones. Going through all of that imagery by ...

Open Source and the Joint Force. A defense industrial assessment could thus contribute a valuable perspective to the AI risk debate. With AI industry trends favoring consolidation, the open foundation ...

The Department of Defense Tuesday clarified its stance on open source software saying it is equal to commercial software in almost all cases and by law should be considered by the agency when ...