July 10, 2026 · 15 min read
The federal government put the most capable commercial AI models inside its agencies last year at about a dollar a seat. That price is the tell. In federal health the value moved to everything the dollar did not buy: the platforms the models ride on, the accreditation that lets them run, the governance that keeps them safe, and the encryption that has to outlive the patient.
May 29, 2026 · 16 min read
On April 20, 2026, the Defense Health Agency replaced thirty years of how it buys medical capability. A new portfolio-based acquisition model, a requirements process built to kill 'bring me a rock,' and an FY2027 budget that already voted on where the money goes. Here is what changed, who runs it, and how it shows up in live contracts.
May 26, 2026 · 13 min read
No code. No exploit kit. Plain English. A security researcher pulled 60 pages of hidden instructions out of an AI doctor, rewrote them, made it triple a drug dose. The Defense Health Agency is fielding the same architecture in military exam rooms right now.
May 8, 2026 · 14 min read
The Pentagon's proposed COMP and PSCP accounts split the Defense Health Program in two. The Defense Health Agency already buys 65 percent of military health care from the private sector. The line item is finally on the page. The policy that was supposed to bend that line is not.
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