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Lockheed Martin is spinning off its Information Systems & Global Solutions unit and merging it with engineering company Leidos in order to double down on its defense and aerospace holdings.
Even as the Iraq and Afghanistan wars recede into history, problems with traumatic brain injury endure. A study by researchers at Johns Hopkins University finds that those injured before 2007 are most at risk for chronic problems. That's before Defense Department medical officials started more regular and detailed TBI screenings. Study co-author Rachel Chase from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to talk about the study.
The Air Force faces a series of lawsuits alleging a questionable directive had officers canned before they could collect their 401Ks.
The Defense Department needs to find better ways to attract and retain nuclear forces in addition to funding nuclear modernization, according to U.S. Strategic Command's leader Adm. Cecil Haney.
People who hold driver's licenses from the handful of states that have not yet complied to the REAL ID Act are now being denied entrance to military bases.
The Marine Corps is planning to transition to Windows 10 by the 2017 deadline, but it is still figuring out how.
The National Background Investigations Bureau will have its own director, who will report to the Office of Personnel Management. The administration says it doesn't have a specific timeline for implementing the new security clearance program or standing up the new agency, but changes will come in incremental stages.
Defense spending seems to have a life of its own. Neither the Secretary of Defense nor experienced members of the Armed Services Committees can stem the tide of wasteful spending. That's according to Charles Tiefer, professor at the University of Baltimore law school and former soliciter and deputy general counsel for the House of Representatives. He joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with what he sees as some of the more egregious examples of DoD waste coming up in 2016.
Gen. Paul Selva, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said DoD must accept more risk in its funding of new technologies. Topics of interest include big data and energy production and storage.
During a confirmation hearing Eric Fanning said the Army needs a Rapid Capabilities Office and is lagging in readiness.
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack took part in the opening ceremony Wednesday for the Great Green Fleet, a year-long initiative that demonstrates the sea service’s efforts to transform its energy use.
The Pentagon and the IG charged with Afghanistan reconstruction oversight sparred Wednesday over alleged obstructions to the IG's probe into a controversial reconstruction program.
The Navy launched its year-long green initiative that will use alternative fuels and procurement practices to make the service more fuel efficient.
Col. Darby McNulty, the project officer for Integrated Personnel and Pay System-Army, said the Army still faces many challenges in getting soldiers their active-duty pay.