Pentagon
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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 […]
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Missile DefenseNATO Chief Calls For Member Nations To Up Military Spending In Face Of Sabre-Rattling Russia
BRUSSELS – In response to what is generally seen as a Russia re-energized with Cold War-style expansionism, NATO is flexing its collective muscles including the deployment of Italian surface-to-air missiles […]
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ArmyApache Helicopters Draw First Blood Against Islamic State In Iraq
BRUSSELS –One of the dozen AH-64 Apache helicopters that have been available to Iraqi combat units for months in their fight against Islamic State militants has destroyed an ISIS vehicle […]
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InternationalCarter In Brussels To Push For Greater NATO Spending On Russian Deterrence, Anti-ISIS Fight
ABOARD THE NATIONAL AIRBORNE OPERATIONS CENTER – Secretary of Defense Ash Carter over the next two days will push for NATO countries to adhere to their pledges to set aside […]
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Budget
Carter Says Acquisition System Too Slow To Provide Technology For Future Fights
The U.S. defense acquisition system was too slow to provide for troops’ needs during the wars of the past 15 years and is especially ill suited to provide the technology […]
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BudgetIn New Strategy, House Republicans Urge Next President to Step Up Homeland Security
House Republicans on Thursday rolled out a national security strategy focused on ramping up cyber and border security efforts as well more aggressively fighting terrorist groups. Not included in […]
