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Army says divestiture is the "starting point" for its current modernization strategy as costs to maintain and store old equipment crowd out new procurement.
The Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Mark Milley says he's pushing for a more mobile force of the future, both in terms of technology and acquisition.
The Army says it's enthusiastically embracing reforms that give its uniformed officials more responsibility, and asks Congress to give them more authority.
Later this month, the Navy is launching the USS Secure effort to ensure disparate networks and systems on board ships are protected from hacks or computer viruses. Adm. Lorin Selby, commander of the Naval Surface Warfare Center, fills in executive editor Jason Miller on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
NSA is setting up a rapid acquisition office to help engage industry and help the industrial base.
This week’s show features two guests on two topics. We begin with Lt. Gen. Darryl Roberson, the commander of the Air Force’s Air Education and Training Command. We invited him on the program to talk about…
China, Russia and Iran are all working on so-called anti-access and area-denial capabilities and missile systems aimed at neutralizing U.S. carriers. That's according to a new study by the Center for a New American Security. For details, Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke to principal author Kelley Sayler.
The Navy Department is making it clear that military members and civilians can be reassigned or dismissed from government service altogether if they don’t stay current on their cyber defense training.
The Navy is reviewing its acquisition processes to reduce complexity and give contracting officers more time to talk to industry in developing requirements.
Navy officials say they must get prototypes of new systems into the hands of sailors and Marines more quickly before investing billions of dollars in producing new systems.
At 22, Jarrett Zubiate was managing a Verizon store, but he wanted more. Trained as a Navy hull technician, he stepped off the fleet to become a recruiter. Zubiate talks to Federal Drive with Tom Temin about being named the Navy's enlisted recruiter of the year.
The Army's 2017 budget would roughly double the funding line which pays for involuntary mobilizations of selected reservists within the National Guard and Army Reserve.
Federal News Radio’s Scott Maucione shares the latest on the Defense Department's new rule on independent research and development,
Individual DoD components are still, to a large extent, on their own when it comes to picking a provider and shepherding them through the military’s security approval process. The Navy hopes to change that beginning next month with a managed service it’s calling its “Cloud Store.”
Each week, Defense Reporter Jared Serbu speaks with the managers of the federal government's largest department. Subscribe on PodcastOne or Apple Podcasts.