Pentagon
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CyberDARPA Awards GD $149 Million Contract To Continue Classified Network Services
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded General Dynamics [GD] a contract worth up to $149 million to continue to provide classified network services, the company said Tuesday. This […]
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BudgetNeither Clinton Nor Trump Can Fix Defense Spending Caps Without Agreement With Congress
Whoever is sworn in as president in January, the new chief executive will have less than a year to make a deal with Congress or watch the military’s budget be […]
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Air ForceF-35 Destroys Drone In First Air-to-Air Kill
A Lockheed Martin-built [LMT] F-35 Lightning II shot down a drone target with a Raytheon [RTN] AIM-9X Sidewinder missile during a recent test off the California coast, achieving the new […]
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PentagonPentagon’s New Tech Innovation Unit Could Speed Up Traditional Acquisition Process
BOSTON – There is an expectation that out of its new fast-track technology outreach offices will come lessons that will help defense acquisition as a whole deal more quickly and […]
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Air ForceMilitary Recruit Data Going Digital To Streamline Processing, Save Money Cut Waste
CHICAGO – Efforts are underway to bring the clerical process of joining the military out of the analogue age by dispensing with questionnaires and paperwork that are largely unchanged since […]
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ArmyNew General Applies Fresh Eyes, New Tech To Destruction Of Islamic State
POPE ARMY AIR FIELD, N.C. – Soldiers of the Army’s 18th Airborne Corps have begun deploying to Kuwait and should have fully assumed their role leading the counter-ISIL campaign by […]
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ArmyCarter Promises Incoming Counter-ISIL Commander ‘Anything He Needs’ For Fight
FORT BRAGG, N.C. – Secretary of Defense Ash Carter promised the 18th Airborne Corps and its commander Lt. Gen. Steve Townsend a blank check to order resources needed for the […]
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CyberCarter Launches Boston Tech Hub Focused On Military Applications Of Bioscience
BOSTON – The East Coast hub of Defense Secretary Ash Carter’s tech outreach effort will focus on creating bridges between the military and innovators in biotechnology and biosciences. Carter on […]
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PentagonAmazon Chief Bezos, Celebrity Scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson Join Defense Innovation Board
BOSTON – The Defense Department has assembled a powerhouse cadre of science and technology thinkers and entrepreneurs to serve as an advisory body on how to harness commercial innovation for military […]
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CyberDISA Wins $9.7 Million From DoD Rapid Innovation Fund
The Department of Defense (DoD) Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP) awarded the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) $9.7 million to fund innovative technologies in support of American warfighters, DISA […]