The Department of Defense has determined Amazon [AMZN] Web Services and Microsoft [MSFT] are the two vendors capable of meeting the minimum requirements for the $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud computing program, with a contract award now expected in mid-July, a Pentagon ...

The White House nominated Air Force Gen. John Hyten to be vice chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, opening up a vacancy at both the nation’s top nuclear command post, and a seat on the joint Pentagon-Department of Energy body that oversees nuclear weapons procurement, the Secretary of the Air ...

House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Chair Adam Smith (D-Wash.) has reintroduced the Relief from Sequestration Act to repeal automatic cuts for discretionary and mandatory spending, he said in an April 4 press release. The bill would end the prospect of sequestration for fiscal years 2020 and 2021, ...

U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) formally declared initial operational capability of its new Nuclear Command, Control and Communications Enterprise Center (NEC) April 3, which will lay the groundwork for the command to lead efforts to revamp the Pentagon’s NC3 architecture for future operations. ...

The Democratic-led House Budget Committee released April 2 a new bill that would lift the spending caps for both defense and non-defense funding for the next two fiscal years. The Investing for the People Act of 2019, introduced by House Budget Committee Chair John Yarmuth (D-Ky.), seeks to avoid ...

The Pentagon has ceased deliveries of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters (JSF) bound for Turkey and associated activities as Ankara continues to pursue the Russian-made S-400 weapon system, the department confirmed April 1. “Until they forgo delivery of the S-400, the United States has suspended ...