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Stopping problems before they start: DoD aims for more proactive mental health care

The Defense Department wants to expand its budget for mental health care, and the services are starting new programs to prevent harmful behavior.

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A veterans advocacy group updates its guidance to take the Pact Act into account

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Inside DoD’s technology-heavy 2024 budget

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The Defense Innovation Unit says its positively sailing into its 8th year in business

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An old lesson worth relearning: The best acquisitions start with the best requirements

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Report: Navy ships face growing maintenance delays, costs

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Contractors possess a lot of Defense Department property, but no one knows how much

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Former soldier tasked with getting Navy builder in shipshape

The new leader of Navy shipbuilder Bath Iron Works said he’s been rejuvenated by a shift from his former aerospace job to building ships.

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The Navy lays out a strategy to compete and win in cyberspace

U.S. armed forces operate at sea, on land, and in the air. The one place they all operate in: cyberspace. Now the Navy has issued what it called a cyberspace…

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The Navy wants to teach robots to teach themselves in a learning-by-doing experiment

Can robots teach themselves new tricks? In theory they can, according to researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory. In a new white paper, they lay out how robots, like people, can learn by using a curriculum and a learning agenda.

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