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CyberDefense Agencies Begin Periodic Reviews Of Cybersecurity Architecture To Evolve It
The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is working with the National Security Agency (NSA), Department of Defense Chief Information Officer (DoD CIO), U.S. Cyber Command, combatant commands, services, and other […]
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CongressFormer Lawmakers Urge Cooperation With Russia To Control Nuclear Weapons
With tensions rising between the United States and Russia in Europe and the Middle East, lawmakers responsible for securing the Soviet Union’s nuclear stockpile after its collapse on Monday called […]
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CyberService Chiefs Acknowledge Cyber Is Normalized Part Of Warfare
The U.S. military service chiefs acknowledged that cyberwarfare has become a normalized part of war and military action at a think tank discussion on Tuesday night. The moderator in the […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyIron Man, Not Terminator: Machines Will Improve Human Performance In Third Offset
Many of the technologies that will define the U.S. military’s third offset strategy have yet to be invented, so Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work–the concept’s most vocal champion–often explains his […]
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Air ForceHASC Approves $610 Billion Defense Authorization Bill, Adding Nine More Russian Rocket Engines
After a long markup ending early Thursday morning, the House Armed Services Committee moved forward a $610 billion defense authorization bill for fiscal year 2017 that mostly kept acquisition programs safe […]
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CongressDoD Wants To Prevent Companies That Lose Bid Protests From Suing In Federal Court
The Defense Department wants to prevent companies that lose bid protests with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) from seeking remedy by suing in federal court. As part of its legislative […]
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Air ForceHASC Rejects Move to Separate F-35 Block 4 Mods From Overall Program
The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) on Wednesday easily batted down an amendment to the 2017 defense authorization bill that would require the Defense Department to separate the F-35 Joint […]
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Air ForceMcCain Pushes Back on Defense Department’s F-35 Block Buy Proposal
The Defense Department is considering a block buy contract for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter for fiscal years 2018 through 2020, but winning over Congress could be a difficult endeavor. […]
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BudgetThornberry’s Mark Calls For Bid Protest Process Review
House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Chairman Mac Thornberry’s (R-Texas) fiscal year 2017 mark calls for the defense secretary to hire an independent entity to review the bid protest process related […]
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BudgetIn NDAA Mark, HASC Chairman Requests More Information On Foreign Arms Sales
Provisions in the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) chairman’s mark of the fiscal year 2017 defense authorization bill call for more information about the Defense Department’s role in the foreign […]