Defense
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It’s the most expensive military program ever – and the most durable. The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter has survived administration after administration. But because of uncertainty over how many the military will buy each year, it’s hard to predict the total cost. For analysis, Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke with Chris Taylor, the CEO of the market research firm Govini.
July 26, 2017 -
The Air Force is changing its military education for enlisted airmen to make classes more flexible about their lives.
July 25, 2017 -
Post traumatic stress syndrome presents a continuous challenge to military doctors. No single treatment works for everyone or in every circumstance. Now the Army has launched a study to test a novel way of treating PTSD with an injection to the neck. Dr. Ron Hoover, senior scientist and PTSD research portfolio manager for the Army, provides details on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
July 25, 2017 -
Companies selling to the Defense Department may be overlooking something serious under consideration by Congress. That's a provision in the 2018 Defense authorization bill to stop DoD agencies from buying off the General Services Administration's multiple award schedule. But sellers should never leave to chance which vehicle their customers use. Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, shares more on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
July 24, 2017 -
Homomorphic Encryption Computing Techniques with Overhead Reduction (HECTOR) is important, and it's something the intelligence community is seeking for very good reasons. Dr. Mark Heiligman, program manager for HECTOR at the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity, explains why it's so important on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
July 24, 2017 -
Pentagon cybersecurity officials say two global ransomware attacks highlighted improvements the Defense Department has made to its ability to command and control its own networks, but also showed areas that are ripe for improvement.
July 24, 2017 -
Federal News Radio's Scott Maucione checks out some of the projects the Office of Naval Research is funding.
July 21, 2017 -
The Office of Naval Research is trying not to make bets on certain technologies and is instead betting on its people.
July 20, 2017 -
While the House passed its $696 billion version of the 2018 defense spending bill last week, one branch of the armed services — the U.S. Coast Guard — won't receive a windfall in defense spending. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Paul Zukunft says the service is still a branch of the armed services, and should be funded as such.
July 20, 2017 -
Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard Paul Zukunft speaks with Federal Drive host Tom Temin at the Coast Guard headquarters in Washington, D.C.
July 20, 2017 -
This week, the Senate confirmed a new deputy secretary of Defense, four more prospective DoD officials underwent their confirmation hearings, and the White House settled on candidates for two more Pentagon political appointees. But 30 of the department's political jobs still have no nominees.
July 20, 2017 -
Air Force civilians can now start working part-time while taking some of their retirement annuity.
July 19, 2017 -
Slowly but surely, the Trump Administration’s Pentagon team is continuing to take shape. The Senate voted Tuesday to confirm Patrick Shanahan as deputy secretary of Defense, the White House nominated one more official to serve in a key undersecretary position, and four more Pentagon nominees went to Capitol Hill for their confirmation hearings. Federal News Radio’s Jared Serbu updates Federal Drive with Tom Temin on where things stand.
July 19, 2017 -
The Defense Department's Silicon Valley-based Defense Innovation Unit Experimental needs more money and DoD is coming to the rescue.
July 18, 2017 -
The top two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee are floating a proposal that would finally allow another round of military base closures several years from now. Here's how it would work.
July 18, 2017
