Pentagon
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Navy/USMCAs SECDEF Mattis Would Bring Little Industry, Procurement Experience To Pentagon
Other than commanding combat troops, James Mattis, retired Marine Corps general and President-elect Donald Trump’s likely defense secretary, has served only one stint overseeing Marine combat development and three years on […]
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PentagonTrump Adds Three More Members To Defense Transition Team
President-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday three more former military men who now work in defense consulting will join the Defense Department transition team. Thursday’s additions brings the team Trump has […]
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BudgetCongress Checks Rapid Expansion Of DIUx Tech Outreach
Congress wants to pump the brakes on rapid expansion of the Pentagon’s tech innovation outreach initiative by limiting funding until it receives a detailed report on the unit’s structure and […]
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CyberEnlighten IT Consulting Wins $40 Million Defense Department Task Order For Development Of Data Platform
The Defense Department awarded Enlighten IT Consulting, Inc. a $40 million task order against a GSA schedule for continued development of the Big Data Platform (BDP), the company said Tuesday. […]
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PentagonNew Electronic Warfare Strategy Awaits DoD Approval
The U.S. Defense Department has finished drafting a strategy to improve its use of electronic warfare (EW), and the document is expected to receive high-level approval soon, an official said […]
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CongressCarter Rebukes Congress For Weighing Six-Month Stopgap Funding Measure
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter on Tuesday penned a letter to Congress urging them to pass a full appropriations bill rather than confine the Defense Department to fiscal 2016 spending […]
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Air ForceBoeing, Lockheed Rack Up More Orders For P-8, F-35
Boeing [BA] and Lockheed Martin [LMT] both gobbled up military aircraft sales during Thanksgiving week, with Norway announcing plans to buy five Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance planes and Lockheed […]
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ArmyReport Marks JLTV As Exemplar Program Benefiting From Upfront, Detailed Systems Engineering
Much as the Army did with the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV), performing detailed systems engineering before product development is the most effective way to shorten platform development and curb […]
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ArmyDefense Department Unveils Two New Cybersecurity Initiatives
Following the success of the “Hack the Pentagon” bug bounty pilot project, the Department of Defense (DoD) unveiled two new initiatives on Monday to further improve department cybersecurity: the Digital […]
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CyberReport: Carter And Clapper Recommended Removal of NSA Chief Rogers
Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter and Director of Nation Intelligence (DNI)) James Clapper have recommended that National Security Agency (NSA) director Adm. Michael Rogers be removed from his position, according […]