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DoD has funding for only five positions through 2023 for its new IP cadre. And the temporality of the jobs is an impediment to hiring the long-term experts DoD needs, according to the Government Accountability Office.
Only 800 active duty airmen and guardians, out of an Air and Space Force of about 326,000, said they will not get the COVID-19 vaccination, and will face consequences and possible termination.
New study, published this month in the journal Health Sciences Research, projected worse health outcomes for DoD beneficiaries even if as few as 10% of them were shifted to private-sector care.
The Senate Appropriations Committee unveiled a nearly $726 billion budget for the Defense Department in 2022, putting most of the extra funds in the procurement of new aircraft and ships.
The agency wants to “know where everything is all the time,” in the words of one official.
Navigation systems depend on measurement of magnetic forces around the globe, and the satellites that take the measurements are about to age out. But the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is on it with a special funding program called the MAGQUEST Challenge.
The National Reconnaissance Office wants to take advantage of commercial innovation more quickly than it has in the past.
U.S. spy agencies are increasingly turning to satellite imagery and other geospatial data available on the commercial market.
The Air Force will hit its goal of recruiting 42,000 people in 2021.
The new military branch has billed itself as a “start from scratch” enterprise, that won’t be held back by traditions of other military services.
Jon Harper, managing editor of National Defense Magazine, joins host Derrick Dortch on this week's Fed Access to discuss the Department of Defense’s space efforts and new developments being announced at the 36th Space Symposium.
Congress is concerned that after nearly two years the Space Force doesn't have much to show.
Funding shortfalls will have serious consequences in the final quarter of this fiscal year because of unexpected bills related to security at the Capitol, National Guard officials warn.
The space agency is using temporary agreements to test out satellite imagery and other products with a view toward working more closely with start-up companies.
Each week, Defense Reporter Jared Serbu speaks with the managers of the federal government's largest department. Subscribe on PodcastOne or Apple Podcasts.