Defense

  • There\'s a new, FREE smart phone mobile application that makes it easier for servicemembers and veterans to track their emotional health after deployments. e got the story from the Army\'s Dr. Robert Ciulla.

    November 11, 2010
  • Troubled weapons programs will fall victim to the budgetary ax as the service tries to spend its money more wisely.

    November 10, 2010
  • Basic training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, now includes two sections on being a good \"cyber wingman\" and taking care of the network, and the Air Force Academy now offers a cybersecurity major.

    November 10, 2010
  • The data delivery represents the pinnacle of a six-year technology program as part of the Decennial Response Integration System (DRIS) contract being performed on schedule and under budget.

    November 10, 2010
  • DoD awards program generating ideas that military is turning into cost savings and efficiency.

    November 09, 2010
  • Washingtonian reporter Shane Harris joined the DorobekINSIDER to discuss his in-depth report on the 10-year saga of the Air Force to replace its tankers.

    November 09, 2010
  • The general spent more than 37 years in the service, including the last three as CIO. Mike Kreiger will be the acting CIO in the interim. Sorenson led several enterprise initiatives including moving the Army\'s e-mail system to DISA.

    November 09, 2010
  • The Air Force is planning to develop more high-tech drones that can collect intelligence and better maneuver in the combat airspace. According to the Associated Press, the Air Force has already dramatically increased the number of armed and unarmed drones over Afghanistan and Iraq. But Air Force Lt. Gen. Philip Breedlove says there are growing worries that the U.S. needs better aircraft to gather information and conduct electronic attacks in airspace.

    November 09, 2010
  • Ron Browning of Lockheed Martin talks with Federal News Radio about the role of tethered balloons in military warfare.

    November 09, 2010
  • The Army will use an open source version of Veterans Affairs electronic health records system. The software will be installed at a 50-bed hospital in Baghdad.

    November 09, 2010
  • Northrop Grumman, the nation\'s largest security contractor has joined forced with the University of Maryland Baltimore County to launch a new cybersecurity program.

    November 09, 2010
  • Air Force Times reports the new Air Force motto -- \"Aim High … Fly-Fight-Win\" -- is getting a lukewarm response from airmen.

    November 08, 2010
  • The Army has begun the process of overhauling the energy efficiency of all of its facilities worldwide. Two policy memos will change the way the Army designs and builds permanent buildings. The new guidance focuses on water reduction, energy consumption, and specific ways to reduce the impact of Army facilities on the natural environment. Those include more efficient siting, solar water heating, and storm water management. Also, all incandescent light bulbs and older lighting technology is to be replaced within five years. The Army Corps of Engineers has issued a study that found the Army spends about $1.5 billion dollars a year to provide electricity, and air handling for its structures. The new guidelines, they say, could save as much as 45 percent of that amount in new buildings.

    November 08, 2010
  • We talk with Dr. John Holcomb about advancements made in surgery on the battlefield.

    November 08, 2010

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