Defense News

  • Every soldier to be sent to Afghanistan will soon be required to complete language and culture training before being allowed to deploy. Federal News Radio gets the details of how that will be done from Col. Dino Pick, Commandant of the Defense Language Institute.

    August 03, 2010
  • The Defense sector isn\'t getting any smaller

    August 02, 2010
  • In our DoD Report, Defense Secretary Robert Gates says information sharing at DoD is too important to set aside even in the wake of the WikiLeaks scandal. We also take a look at the profits of various defense contractors.

    August 02, 2010
  • On a cross-country trek to raise money for cancer, this government contractor is about to come home.

    July 30, 2010
  • The suspect was returned to the United States from a base in Kuwait Thursday.

    July 30, 2010
  • July 26th and 28th Information dominance is about using information and data to prevent conflicts or win in a crisis.

    July 29, 2010
  • Learn more in today\'s cybersecurity update

    July 21, 2010
  • The FBI has again paused work on the deployment of a multi-million dollar case-management system called Sentinel. Washingtonian.com is reporting that the bureau has extended a partial stop-work order that was first issued in March.

    July 19, 2010
  • Panel advocates need for cloud computing data security standard

    July 16, 2010
  • The Army is no longer using the term \"psychological operations\" for the unit in tasked with changing minds behind enemy lines. They say it sounds threatening. Now it\'s going to be called Military Information Support Operations. A U.S. Special Operations Command spokesman says more the new name more accurately reflects the unit\'s job of producing leaflets, radio broadcasts and loudspeaker messages to influence enemy soldiers and civilians.

    July 15, 2010
  • Cybersecurity Awareness Challenge winners announced, Northrop takes home the Hoyt Vandenberg Award

    July 15, 2010
  • The first two bids were expected but a surprise third bidder has joined the contest. Aviation industry analyst Richard Aboulafia explains.

    July 13, 2010
  • The day the Navy held its third industry day for the multi-billion dollar NGEN follow-on contract, the service also reupped their current deal with HP.

    July 09, 2010
  • The National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration - with assistance from the U.S. Coast Guard and Navy - has started to survey a new ship anchorage site at the mouth of the Mississippi River in the Gulf of Mexico - for ships to undergo inspection and oil decontamination before entering ports. Shipping vessels are currently facing increasing time delays and other challenges as they try to avoid the oil slicks caused by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. A magnetometer survey of a proposed alternate anchorage site would ensure the safety of ships, their crews, and the marine environment by making sure that there are no buried pipelines in the proposed area that would be ruptured by ships lowering their anchors. Maritime commerce is important farmers especially, who need to export their crops through Gulf ports, as do the millions of retail outlets nationwide that rely on a constant flow of imports.

    July 09, 2010

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