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During a Thursday confirmation hearing, the administration’s nominee for Army Secretary vowed to make acquisition reform a focus of his tenure and to stand up a Rapid Capabilities Office meant […]

Later this year Customs and Border Protection (CBP) plans to begin a new pilot program that will use biometric technology based on capturing face and iris images to help verify […]

The Pentagon has begun a three-month long review of the Defense Department meant to measure the efficacy of Goldwater-Nichols reforms, as well as identify potential areas where the organization needs […]

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) will tackle the Russian rocket engine restrictions in the upcoming authorization season after they were lifted in the fiscal year 2016 Consolidated Appropriations Act. […]

Congress is trying to push the Obama administration to accelerate the pace of foreign military sales (FMS), House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-Calif.) said Friday. During a speech […]

The Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) plan to roll out a third party testing regime this year to help make sure security equipment being offered by various vendors is mature enough […]

The services’ acquisition officials on Thursday told a House panel that a flexible, “real time” funding account would enable the military to make better use of prototyping and experimentation. In […]

During a visit to Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Navy Secretary Ray Mabus announced that the new class of fleet replenishment oilers—up to now known as TAO(X)—would be named for civil […]

Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), ranking member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, called on federal agencies to improve implementation of a federal information technology law on the first […]

Congress on Friday passed a $1.1 trillion omnibus bill that contains $573 billion for the Defense Department as well as controversial cyber legislation. The defense portion of the package appropriates […]