Pentagon
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SpaceDoD To Finish Space Organization Review In June
The U.S. Department of Defense, which is conducting a congressionally mandated review of potential improvements to its space organization, plans to send a report on its findings to Capitol Hill […]
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CongressDoD Assessing OV-10 Light-Attack Aircraft Experiment
The U.S. Department of Defense is evaluating the results of an experiment in which it deployed two Vietnam War-era OV-10 Bronco light-attack aircraft to Iraq to assess their ability to […]
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Homeland SecurityDoD, DHS Enhance Interoperability Between Respective Biometric Databases
The Departments of Defense and Homeland Security last week both turned on new applications that will enhance interoperability between their respective authoritative repositories of biometric records that are used to […]
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CongressDoD To Brief Hill On Acquisition Office Breakup
The Department of Defense plans to brief lawmakers in the coming days on how it intends to implement a congressional mandate to split the undersecretary for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics […]
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BudgetWhite House Aims To Unveil FY 2018 Budget In Late May
The Trump administration plans to roll out its fiscal year 2018 budget request in late May, according to the White House budget chief. Mick Mulvaney, director of the White House Office of […]
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CongressTRANSCOM Learned ‘Surprising Amount’ From Wargame, Command Chief Says
U.S. Transportation Command (TRANSCOM), which recently conducted its first contested-environment wargame, uncovered a “surprising amount” of lessons learned from that activity, the head of TRANSCOM said May 2. “We’ve adapted […]
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Missile DefenseDoD Hires Hill Veteran To Handle Missile Defense Policy
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has appointed longtime Capitol Hill aide Robert “Rob” Soofer as deputy assistant secretary of defense for nuclear and missile defense policy, the Pentagon announced April 26. […]
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PentagonHASC Aide Tapped For DoD Intel Post
President Donald Trump plans to nominate Kari Bingen, policy director for the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), to be principal deputy undersecretary of defense for intelligence, the White House announced […]
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CyberDSB Finds Shortcomings In Protecting Weapons Systems From Cyber Vulnerabilities
The Defense Department’s current activities for protecting weapons systems from cyber security vulnerabilities either in the system design or sustainment phases are “insufficient” as are its processes for keeping track […]
