Army
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In today's Federal Newscast, the Army is embedding nutritionists, physical fitness experts and coaches into active duty brigades in hopes of increasing performance and cutting down on injuries.
October 20, 2020 -
From aircraft to tanks to munitions, the Army is trying to determine how many of the thousands of spare parts in its inventory can be built via new advanced manufacturing technologies.
October 19, 2020 -
The purpose is to change the connotation around soldiers who do not report to duty and to actively look for them.
October 16, 2020 -
The Army is expecting to save another $10 billion through its Night Court process in 2022 by divesting from legacy systems and reinvesting that money in higher priority weapons. Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy told reporters…
October 15, 2020 -
In the first of what's set to become an annual event, the Army applied AI and machine learning technologies to get its first real experience with hyper-connected warfare systems.
October 15, 2020 -
The Army is changing the way it trains, deploys and modernizes to focus on its people.
October 14, 2020 -
Billions have been spent to overhaul the Army's aging weapons plants, but officials say the system needs a fundamental rethinking to make it agile enough to keep up with military requirements.
October 14, 2020 -
A major reason for hitting 2020 goals, however, was less attrition and more personnel staying with the service.
October 13, 2020 -
The use of robotics process automation, natural language processing and other emerging technologies are gaining momentum in the federal acquisition community to speed up the entire process.
October 12, 2020 -
Mainframes are central to many critical federal services, but what happens when the people who know how to maintain them keep retiring? And what if the next cohort of coders never learned the language in school?
October 08, 2020 -
The Army is finding new ways to partner with the communities around its bases. Thanks to a 2015 law that lets the military services sign service agreements with local governments without the pain of traditional federal contracts, it's reached dozens of Intergovernmental Support Agreements for everything from snow removal to animal control.
October 08, 2020 -
DoD CIO Dana Deasy says officials have been finding temporary homes for cloud applications that were counting on the long-delayed JEDI program. Other preparatory that's not technically part of the contract has been proceeding apace too.
October 05, 2020 -
The Army is undertaking a widespread look at bias in its ranks, but other issues outside the military may be keeping minorities from reaching top ranks.
September 28, 2020 -
The plan will look at Army policies, biases and even marketing to bring the best talent to the top.
September 24, 2020 -
The White House says a new agency-level appeals process for clearance denials could expose classified information, increase processing time.
September 21, 2020
