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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyKendall Announced Aerospace Innovation Initiative to Support 6th-Generation Fighter Jet
Pentagon acquisition chief Frank Kendall announced the creation of the Aerospace Innovation Initiative in the fiscal year 2016 budget request, which would fund technology development and competitive prototyping of sixth-generation […]
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CyberNGA Restructures CIO, IT Functions
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is merging its chief information officer (CIO) and information technology services functions effective Feb. 15, the agency said in a statement Monday. “NGA is at a […]
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InternationalU.S., India Renew Defense Initiative
The United States and India have renewed a commitment first made 10 years ago to cooperate in the trade, development and production of defense technology. The agreement to extend the […]
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BudgetPentagon Gearing Up Once Again To Fight Sequestration
Pentagon leaders are preparing to mount an assault on the possible full return of draconian spending cuts known as sequestration as they near plans to unveil the defense budget request […]
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CongressRep. Thornberry Sets Out To Reform HASC Culture, Relationship With Pentagon
Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) doesn’t just want to reform Pentagon acquisition during his first year as chairman of the House Armed Services Committee; he also wants to reform the way […]
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PentagonDempsey Says Private Sector Cyber Vulnerabilities Are Threat To National Security And Legislation Needed
Weaknesses in cyber civilian infrastructure and private businesses “present a significant vulnerability to our nation,” and require new cyber legislation, Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of […]
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Air ForceJapan Selects E-2D, Global Hawk, Makes V-22 Official
Japan has announced that it plans to buy E-2D early warning and command and control aircraft and the Global Hawk for intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance missions as part of an […]
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Air ForceAir Force Assembling Strategic Master Plan For Science And Technology
The Air Force is assembling a strategic master plan focused on science and technology (S&T) that the service’s chief of staff said can change the way the Air Force does […]
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ArmyStrategic Landpower Task Force Working on Doctrine Dealing with ‘Human Domain’
The Strategic Landpower Task Force, two years into its work to promote the “human domain” of warfare and develop a doctrine dealing with how to influence and leverage the behavior […]
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CyberDISA Released New Cloud Security Requirements Guide
DISA released a new Cloud Computing Security Requirements Guide (SRG) on Wednesday to help provide guidance and policy to commercial Cloud Service Providers (CSP) and Defense Department mission partners. The […]