Valerie Insinna
Articles By Valerie
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CyberDefense Department Opens Up Registration Website For ‘Hack the Pentagon’ Effort
The Defense Department’s “Hack the Pentagon” pilot program has officially kicked off and is accepting applicants, the department said Thursday. Earlier this month, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter announced on a […]
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CongressNavy Funds Two of Three FY ’16 Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyers
The Navy on Wednesday funded two of the Arleigh Burke-class destroyers it procured in fiscal year 2016, with one ship for Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] Ingalls Shipbuilding and another for […]
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Air ForceWork: Autonomy Tech For Aviation Progressing Faster Than For Ground Vehicles
The military will increasingly rely on autonomous and unmanned systems in future conflicts, but autonomous aerial platforms are developing at a faster pace than their ground-based counterparts, said Deputy Secretary […]
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PentagonDunford: New Classified Strategy to Tackle Transregional Threats
The Joint Chiefs of Staff and combatant commanders are working on a new classified strategy document that will give the defense secretary options for dealing with transregional threats that combine […]
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BudgetGD Electric Boat Chosen To Take Lead Role for Ohio Replacement Sub
The Navy has named General Dynamics [GD] Electric Boat the prime contractor for the Ohio replacement submarine, while Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] Newport News Shipbuilding will take a secondary role […]
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BudgetPentagon May Need Change in Law to Give Additional Decision Making Authorities to Temporary IT Employees
Last year’s defense authorization bill contained new authorities that allowed the Defense Department to hire information technology talent for a short term basis, but lawmakers may need to expand that […]
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CongressLockheed Martin’s Remote Minehunting System Cancelled
The Defense Department in its 2015 Selected Acquisition Report (SAR) officially rang the death knell for Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] Remote Minehunting System (RMS), a mine detecting semi-submersible that was originally […]
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Cost of Procuring, Sustaining F-35 Drops, But Overall Estimated Program Cost Grows by $16B as Lifespan Pushed to 2070
Over the past year, the Defense Department has been able to drive down procurement and operations and sustainment costs of the F-35 joint strike fighter, but a decision to extend […]
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Air ForceCost of Procuring, Sustaining F-35 Drops, But Overall Estimated Program Cost Grows by $16B as Lifespan Pushed to 2070
Over the past year, the Defense Department has been able to drive down procurement and operations and sustainment costs of the F-35 joint strike fighter, but a decision to extend […]
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Pentagon ‘Very Close’ to F-35 LRIP 9 Deal
The Defense Department is closing in on a deal with prime contractor Lockheed Martin [LMT] for the next two batches of joint strike fighters, according to the F-35 Joint Program […]