Army
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The Army is in the middle of a major rethink of mobile devices, including how it secures them, how it buys them and ultimately, how it uses them. The push comes amid a mandate to find $1.5 billion in IT savings across the Army.
March 20, 2012 -
The Army is working on a new system called GXP Xplorer to help soldiers get maps, videos and other information on the battlefield.
March 19, 2012 -
The Army and Marine Corps will be in the market for a new generation of ground vehicles soon. But acquisition officials there should think hard before they buy, according to Dr. Andrew Krepinevich, the president of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. Krepinevich discussed the trends likely to impact the development of combat vehicles.
March 12, 2012 -
The services are spending $31 million more every time oil prices increased $1 a barrel. The unexpected increase in costs is forcing the Pentagon to take even a deeper dive to find areas to save or avoid spending on in both the short and long term. DoD sees improved acquisitions as a major area for further potential spending reductions.
March 09, 2012 -
Don Adcock, executive director of the Army Information Technology Agency, tells Federal News Radio\'s Jared Serbu about how the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks forced the Pentagon to start consolidating data centers long before the topic was on most agencies\' radar screens.
March 07, 2012 -
The Army is preparing a new generation of communication devices to connect soldiers in combat. A major component of the new Capability Set 13 is the Rifleman Radio, which has been completely redesigned to include improvements in size, weight, battery life and enhanced radio frequency. Col. John Zavarelli, the program manager for the Joint Program Executive Office Handheld Manpack Small, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss the Rifleman Radio and the JTRS program.
March 06, 2012 -
Army modernization leaders say they\'ve gotten a bad rap on acquisition, and they claim it\'s undeserved. They point to several wartime success stories, and say they\'re implementing suggested reforms.
March 05, 2012 -
The Army is pouring lava on its mine-resistant trucks in Afghanistan to help protect trucks\' windshields.
March 02, 2012 -
Sharon Burke, the assistant secretary of defense for operational energy plans and programs, says saving energy takes risks out of the battlefield.
March 01, 2012 -
With cyber skills in high demand, military and General Schedule pay scales can\'t possibly compete with industry paychecks. The Air Force hopes to compete by letting airmen make a career out of cyber.
March 01, 2012 -
The military service depends on retired federal workers\' expertise to help with policy development and buying goods and services. Congress extended the ability of agencies to hire annuitants through 2015. The Army said these experienced workers are helping to fill the acquisition workforce gaps that it created with huge reductions in the 1990s.
February 23, 2012 -
The Army and DISA are using more disciplined processes to implement technology upgrades. Email-in-the-cloud also is giving the Army better a firmer cyber posture, and it opens the door for a host of emerging technologies because of better identity management.
February 22, 2012 -
Deputy CIO Mike Krieger said the Secretary of the Army certified the program as technically and financially sound.
February 17, 2012 -
Two Germany-based Army brigades will be brought home in 2014. By 2017, the number of U.S. service members in Europe will drop from about 80,000 now to 70,000.
February 17, 2012 -
Gary McNeil, a co-manager of EPA\'s Combined Heat and Power Program, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss an award for energy savings earned by two military bases.
February 16, 2012
