Pentagon
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ArmyArmy To Award First Cloud Computing Contract In September
The Army plans to award a contract in September to a commercial computing company that will consolidate 11 of its physical data centers into a single data-storage cloud. Under a […]
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Air ForceCarlisle Believes Air Force Ready To Increase F-35 Buy Rate
The head of Air Combat Command (ACC) believes the Air Force is ready to increase its F-35 buy rate to 60 aircraft per year after working out a concurrency issue […]
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ArmyAdditional 560 U.S. Troops Will Expand Airfield Operations In Iraq
An additional 560 U.S. troops will be sent to Iraq where they will establish airfield operations in support of Iraqi forces fighting Islamic State militants. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Weighing Fate of Advanced Arresting Gear For Aircraft Carriers
The U.S. Navy says it plans to decide by December whether to proceed with its troubled Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) program or pick an alternative landing system for future Ford-class […]
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Air ForceAt Least 8,400 U.S. Troops Will Stay In Afghanistan Into 2017
At least 8,400 U.S. troops will remain in Afghanistan through the end of the Obama administration, which will nearly coincide with the conflict’s 15th anniversary. President Barack Obama announced Wednesday […]
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PentagonDefense Watch
AUSA Changes Chiefs. After 18 years in the position, retired Gen. Gordon Sullivan this week issued his last message as chief executive of the Association of the U.S. Army. “I […]
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CyberDISA Awards Multiple Award Contract Worth Up To $137 Million For Electromagnetic Spectrum Services
The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) announced Monday a multiple award indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract worth upward of $137 million to large and small business pools to provide electromagnetic […]
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PentagonFirst Ever ‘Hack The Pentagon’ Competition Uncovers Hundreds Of Network Cracks At Bargain Price
An inaugural crowdsourced security inspection of Defense Department computing networks uncovered hundreds of vulnerabilities at a fraction of the cost of a third-party network audit, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter […]
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InternationalNATO To Deploy AWACS Aircraft In Support Of ISIS Fight In Iraq
BRUSSELS – A Boeing [BA] E-3A Sentry Airborne early Warning and Control (AWACS) aircraft belonging to NATO will deploy to Iraq in support of the coalition fight against Islamic State […]
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InternationalNATO Defense Spending Pledge Puts Brakes On Global Decline In Military Funding
BRUSSELS – The pledge NATO member countries made to spend 2 percent of their gross domestic products on defense is largely symbolic and has served more to arrest the alliance-wide […]