Pentagon
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BudgetFormer Hill Staffers Predict Turmoil in FY ’17 Budget Cycle
Despite a Bipartisan Budget Agreement that was supposed to smooth the appropriations process this year, former Hill staffers on Thursday said the path to the fiscal 2017 budget will be […]
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CyberDefense Department Opens Up Registration Website For ‘Hack the Pentagon’ Effort
The Defense Department’s “Hack the Pentagon” pilot program has officially kicked off and is accepting applicants, the department said Thursday. Earlier this month, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter announced on a […]
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Air ForceWork: Autonomy Tech For Aviation Progressing Faster Than For Ground Vehicles
The military will increasingly rely on autonomous and unmanned systems in future conflicts, but autonomous aerial platforms are developing at a faster pace than their ground-based counterparts, said Deputy Secretary […]
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PentagonDunford: New Classified Strategy to Tackle Transregional Threats
The Joint Chiefs of Staff and combatant commanders are working on a new classified strategy document that will give the defense secretary options for dealing with transregional threats that combine […]
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CyberDefense Department CIO-DISA Release Update To Cloud Security Requirements Guide
The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) Chief Information Office (CIO) through the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) released an update to the Cloud Computing Security Requirements Guide (CC SRG) on […]
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BudgetPentagon May Need Change in Law to Give Additional Decision Making Authorities to Temporary IT Employees
Last year’s defense authorization bill contained new authorities that allowed the Defense Department to hire information technology talent for a short term basis, but lawmakers may need to expand that […]
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CongressLockheed Martin’s Remote Minehunting System Cancelled
The Defense Department in its 2015 Selected Acquisition Report (SAR) officially rang the death knell for Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] Remote Minehunting System (RMS), a mine detecting semi-submersible that was originally […]
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ArmyLithuania Takes Delivery Of Advanced Radio Equipment Under U.S. Pan To Bolster NATO Defenses
Lithuania has received its first shipment of tactical radio equipment supplied by the United States under the European Reassurance Initiative, the country’s defense ministry announced Wednesday. On March 23 the […]
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CyberDoD Plans Summer Meeting For Cyber Companies To Demonstrate Technologies/Capabilities
The Defense Department’s Rapid Reaction Technology (RRTO) Innovation Outreach Program is planning to conduct a solutions meeting to allow selected companies focusing on various cyber technologies to make short technical […]
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Air ForceCost of Procuring, Sustaining F-35 Drops, But Overall Estimated Program Cost Grows by $16B as Lifespan Pushed to 2070
Over the past year, the Defense Department has been able to drive down procurement and operations and sustainment costs of the F-35 joint strike fighter, but a decision to extend […]