Defense News

  • Raytheon and Cisco are joining up to expand the Wounded Warrior Project. The programs they are sponsoring make it easier for wounded servicemen and women to re-enter the workplace with the skills they need to become cybersecurity professionals.

    November 15, 2010
  • The service issued a memo detailing a common operating environment architecture as part of a broader software transition strategy. The strategy builds on the experiences of the Apps for the Army program. The service is developing plans for Apps for the Army 2 next summer focusing on industry-created software.

    November 12, 2010
  • Wired reports that the Navy wants businesses to produce an app that stimulates sailors\' minds.

    November 12, 2010
  • Representatives from DC corporations come together to celebrate Inspiring Women in history and raise money for a good cause. We get details from CGI Federal\'s Sally Turner.

    November 12, 2010
  • The service is giving careful thought to the human side of the cybersecurity equation. The top commander of the Air Force\'s Space Command said it\'s no longer a matter of information assurance, and it\'s all about mission assurance.

    November 12, 2010
  • Colonel Steve Strobridge of MOAA said the budget decisions by DoD cannot undermine key military incentives.

    November 11, 2010
  • There\'s a new, FREE smart phone mobile application that makes it easier for servicemembers and veterans to track their emotional health after deployments. e got the story from the Army\'s Dr. Robert Ciulla.

    November 11, 2010
  • Troubled weapons programs will fall victim to the budgetary ax as the service tries to spend its money more wisely.

    November 10, 2010
  • Basic training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, now includes two sections on being a good \"cyber wingman\" and taking care of the network, and the Air Force Academy now offers a cybersecurity major.

    November 10, 2010
  • The data delivery represents the pinnacle of a six-year technology program as part of the Decennial Response Integration System (DRIS) contract being performed on schedule and under budget.

    November 10, 2010
  • DoD awards program generating ideas that military is turning into cost savings and efficiency.

    November 09, 2010
  • Washingtonian reporter Shane Harris joined the DorobekINSIDER to discuss his in-depth report on the 10-year saga of the Air Force to replace its tankers.

    November 09, 2010
  • The general spent more than 37 years in the service, including the last three as CIO. Mike Kreiger will be the acting CIO in the interim. Sorenson led several enterprise initiatives including moving the Army\'s e-mail system to DISA.

    November 09, 2010
  • The Air Force is planning to develop more high-tech drones that can collect intelligence and better maneuver in the combat airspace. According to the Associated Press, the Air Force has already dramatically increased the number of armed and unarmed drones over Afghanistan and Iraq. But Air Force Lt. Gen. Philip Breedlove says there are growing worries that the U.S. needs better aircraft to gather information and conduct electronic attacks in airspace.

    November 09, 2010

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