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Cost Estimating NewsBrief: September 25, 2026
Navy wants more offensive, ‘expeditionary’ cyber capabilities
(Breaking Defense) The Navy’s cyber advisor is looking for more tools from industry to conduct offensive cyber operations at the tactical edge, demonstrating a significant development and maturation of the application of cyber capabilities. “What I would offer to industry … if you are interested in talking about expeditionary cyber, cyber at the tactical edge, particularly offensive or capabilities that support offense, please come talk to me. I would love to hear more from industry about expeditionary cyber capabilities,” Anne Marie Schumann, principal cyber advisor for the Department of the Navy, said at the Billington Cybersecurity Summit in Washington earlier this month. Read More
Funding Status: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs and Inflation Reduction Acts at the Departments of Agriculture and Energy
(U.S. Government Accountability Office) During FYs 2022–25, USDA and the Department of Energy received $134 billion from 2 acts for infrastructure and energy projects. This funding was for projects like reducing wildfire risk, improving rural power production, and developing clean energy technologies. In January 2025, the President directed agencies to review these projects to ensure they aligned with administration priorities and to modify or cancel them if they didn’t. After its review, Energy allowed most projects—totaling $19.6 billion—to continue; it cancelled 155 projects, worth $9.1 billion. USDA completed its review but didn’t specify how many projects it was continuing. Read More
‘Smarter risk-sharing’ between government, investors and asset owners needed for UK’s ageing infrastructure
(New Civil Engineer) Improved public-private collaboration, “smarter” financial risk sharing and better data availability are needed to create more climate-resilient infrastructure, according to a new report from Lloyds Banking Group. The report, Built to Last: Climate resilient infrastructure needs transformative investment, was published yesterday (22 September). In his foreword, Lloyds Banking Group chief corporate affairs and chief sustainability officer Andrew Walton says the report “examines the need for climate-resilient infrastructure and the challenge of financing it at the scale and pace required”. Read More
GenAI.mil saw more than 2 million users in one week, top DOD official says
(NextGov/FCW) The Pentagon’s enterprise-wide generative artificial intelligence platform is continuing to see high levels of use across the department, with millions of civilians, contractors and military personnel taking advantage of the service. In a discussion with Punchbowl News on Wednesday, Defense Department Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer Cameron Stanley said “as of last week, we’ve had over 2 million people in a week across all three models log in and use AI.” GenAI.mil, which DOD launched in December, currently hosts three AI models: Google Cloud’s Gemini for Government, OpenAI’s ChatGPT Mil and xAI’s Grok for Government. The service provides vetted, internal AI tools to help users with unclassified tasks, such as analyzing information and creating and refining documents. Read More