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Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been around since the 1960s. What’s next, according to Mark Valentine, the president for global government at UAV maker Skydio: UAV’s that communicate among one another for greater effectiveness, but requiring less routine human input.
In this exclusive webinar edition of On DoD, our guests will discuss 5G and technology insights at NAVWAR.
Coast Guard Commandant Linda Fagan said that service’s people are its most valuable asset, so it must take care of them.
John Weiler, the executive director and co-founder of the IT Acquisition Advisory Council, calls for agencies to be more aggressive in preventing suppliers from advising on IT projects and then developing the system.
The rollout is one of DoD’s first large-scale forays into cloud computing at the secret level, and will also consolidate and replace an aging patchwork of tools senior leaders have been using to discuss classified information for years
The Defense Department will need to pick up the pace and look for funding for Replicator if it wants to utilize the innovations and advantages of the program without getting stuck in red tape.
Obesity is worsening as a military recruitment and readiness problem. Too many potential enlistees arrive at recruitment stations too fat. More than two thirds of active duty service members carry too much weight. Federal Drive Host Tom Temin talked with someone who has studied this problem extensively, and has some recommendations for improving it: National Security Research Fellow at the American Security Project, Courtney Manning.
Overweight and obesity affect military readiness and retention, but it doesn't have to.
Agnes Gereben Schaefer, the Army’s assistant secretary for manpower and reserve affairs, said the service branch must improve how it markets and informs the public about its civilian career opportunities.
In today's Federal Newscast: The Defense Department awards $40 million dollars in research grants to four Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Federal employees and supervisors will get even more hybrid-work training opportunities. And heading toward the 2030 count, the Census Bureau looks for public feedback.
The Navy’s Program Executive Office Digital (PEO-Digital) turned to the Small Business Innovation Research program for the first time to find, test and hopefully use innovative technologies to continually improve its processes.
Air Force Lt. Col. Andrew Wonpat, a member of the Air National Guard's Cyber Operations Group, said assessing non-traditional traits of employees is proving successful in expanding the pool of qualified cyber workers.
The Telework Reform Act would codify the working definitions of federal telework and remote work. The senators said the bill aims to promote management, accountability and transparency.
Conference work on the National Defense Authorization Act for 2024 proceeds, even as nothing else in Congress seems to be working. As always, the NDAA has provisions affecting Defense contractors.
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