Pentagon

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD—Within weeks, the Defense Department will begin rolling out the results of its Goldwater Nichols review, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Friday. “We’ll propose things as we conclude […]

SEATTLE—This week, Navy Secretary Ray Mabus and Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson told Congress that the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) requirement remains 52 ships, but Defense Secretary Ashton […]

SAN FRANCISCO–Defense Secretary Ashton Carter made a pitch to a crowd of Silicon Valley technology professionals at the RSA security conference on Wednesday: Work for the Pentagon and help the […]

The prospect of losing out in a major competition and the fear of acquisition officials of protests by losing bidders is influencing a number of aspects of the acquisition process […]

SAN FRANCISCO—The Pentagon has enlisted the help of Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google parent company Alphabet [GOOG], to lead a new Defense Innovation Advisory Board that will be […]

SAN FRANCISCO—The Pentagon is inviting hackers to hunt down vulnerabilities in select Defense Department websites through a new “bug bounty” initiative announced Wednesday. Private companies such as Google [GOOG], Tesla […]

SAN FRANCISCO—Defense Secretary Ashton Carter on Tuesday sought to assure Silicon Valley that the Defense Department remains an eager partner on encryption technology despite an ongoing legal battle over whether […]

The ongoing fight against Islamic State (ISIL) militants is giveing the U.S. military a real-world opportunity to use its new batch of cyber weapons and tactics, which can be used […]

The U.S. military is starting to ramp up cyberattacks against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group, the Associated Press reported Friday. Launched from Fort Meade, Md. where […]

During hearings on the budget held Thursday on Capitol Hill, top Defense Department officials revealed a stark difference of opinion over the direction of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program, […]