Defense
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If the COVID virus showed anything, it's the potency of the biology threats. The Defense Department recently completed its 2023 biodefense posture review.
September 01, 2023 -
“Only 3% of all CPAs are in the socioeconomic classification of Black. When you’re looking at the space, there’s an opportunity,” points out Salome Tinker, a partner in the financial consultancy TSC Enterprise. She’s on a mission to improve that statistic.
September 01, 2023 -
U.S. Pacific Command’s new directorate will team up with DIU to advance some of its vital technology-driven initiatives.
September 01, 2023 -
A DoD project to develop new technology for the combatant commands will prioritize the Indo-Pacific Command.
August 30, 2023 -
Col. Michael Smith, the director of the Army’s functional management office for zero trust and director of the unified network task force, said an ongoing gap analysis will look at weapons systems and control systems to see where zero trust capabilities can fit in.
August 29, 2023 -
Should the United States need to project kinetic power far away, the decisive factor would be logistics. Yet, according to a detailed study by Brookings, the military has neglected logistics in recent years.
August 29, 2023 -
Agencies are taking some steps to make the vetting process easier, but RAND finds there isn't a cross-government approach to improving the "candidate experience."
August 29, 2023 -
A new approach to accrediting cyber training providers will automate parts of the process — hopefully leading to a dramatic increase in the number of certification courses available to DoD personnel and contractors.
August 28, 2023 -
With a new initiative to build unmanned systems, the Pentagon wants to scale up fast with smaller, cheaper design.
August 28, 2023 -
Efforts by the National Guard to get better healthcare coverage have yet to find a path forward to success.
August 28, 2023 -
President Joe Biden’s decision to allow allies to train Ukrainian forces on how to operate F-16 fighter jets — and eventually to provide the aircraft themselves — seemed like an abrupt change in position but was in fact one that came after months of internal debate and quiet talks with allies. Biden announced during last week’s Group of Seven summit in Japan that the U.S. would join the F-16 coalition. But over the past three months, administration officials shifted toward the view that it was time to provide Ukraine’s pilots with the training and aircraft needed for the country’s long-term security needs. This is according to two officials familiar with the deliberations.
August 25, 2023 -
In pilot projects, relatively-straightforward software changes have let Navy computers boot as much as 18 times faster than they did before. Officials say they want to deploy what they've learned as quickly as possible, but some changes will take time.
August 24, 2023 -
Without a chief management officer, the Pentagon’s efforts for future business management should include enough authority and resources to succeed.
August 22, 2023 -
The new supplemental pay rates are expected to help the NSA and other defense intelligence components compete with the private sector.
August 22, 2023 -
In today's Federal Newscast: California lawmakers want more passport offices in their state. A losing bidder again protests a 10-year $65 billion DoD health care contract. And a CISA hiring spree, lands more than 1,300 new employees in just the past two years.
August 22, 2023
