Defense
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The Department of the Navy says it’s seen some big successes with a pilot program that lets them use a single color of money for software, and wants Congress to expand the authority. But quantifying those successes isn’t easy.
November 03, 2023 -
The Defense Department’s new data, analytics and artificial intelligence strategy focuses on agile adoption throughout the department to help get this technology in use quickly.
November 02, 2023 -
Alan Hope, head of the mission development branch at the Naval Research Laboratory inside the Naval Center for Space Technology, said the “Maritime mission is a global mission, and as such, that requires access to parts of the globe that aren’t easily accessible by any other means.”
November 02, 2023 -
One of the bills will help provide housing to military families on housing waitlists amid shortages on military bases.
October 31, 2023 -
In today's Federal Newscast: Gen. Eric Smith, the commandant of the Marine Corps, has suffered what appears to be a serious health episode. Agencies have received updated guidance for the type of infrastructure projects that the Buy American Act applies to. And House Republicans propose taking away billions of dollars in IRS modernization money and using it for aid to Israel.
October 31, 2023 -
They work on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube. They work just about everywhere. So why not short videos to pitch ideas to Defense Department program managers and contracting officers? That is the idea behind the year-old Tradewinds Project under the DoD's chief digital and artificial intelligence office.
October 30, 2023 -
Chris Cleary, the Department of the Navy’s principal cyber advisor, is most proud of his work around the Navy’s cyberspace superiority vision and work to better protect operational technology.
October 30, 2023 -
The Navy is solidifying the importance of customer experience. For example, its Program Executive Office for Manpower, Logistics and Business Solutions is making its customer experience feedback pilot program permanent in the coming months.
October 27, 2023 -
If one theme applies to the federal career of this guest of Federal Drive Host Tom Temin, it might be innovation. In both civilian and military situations, she's brought new technology and new approaches to mission support.
October 27, 2023 -
The Navy sees a not-too-distant future in which sailors aboard ships have the same level of connectivity they have on shore, thanks almost entirely to advances in the commercial sector.
October 27, 2023 -
Gabe Camarillo, the undersecretary of the Army, said to create a culture of continuous improvement, the Army needs to institutionalize how it buys, develops and continually improve its applications.
October 26, 2023 -
U.S. officials say the number of suicides among military members and their families dipped slightly in 2022, compared with the previous year. This decline comes as the Defense Department tries to build prevention and treatment programs to address what's been a steadily growing problem over the past decade.
October 26, 2023 -
Widening military conflicts around the world have military planners in the U.S. on edge. For some perspective on resiliency, innovation and artificial intelligence in the Defense domain, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin visited the AUSA Conference in Washington earlier this month and spoke with former DoD and Navy chief information officer (and Army veteran) Terry Halvorsen, now with IBM.
October 26, 2023 -
“DoD is deeply committed to building domestic capacity and capability and growing our economy, creating U.S. jobs and strengthening our national security,” said Justin McFarlin, deputy assistant secretary of defense for industrial base development and international engagement, at ComDef23, ahead of the release of the first defense industrial strategy.
October 26, 2023 -
Federal facilities in three more states will be able to buy carbon free electricity as the government expands the availability of this energy to its facilities to achieve its sustainability goals and propel this type of clean energy.
October 25, 2023
