Defense

  • China is building an advanced combat jet that may rival within eight years Lockheed Martin Corp\'s F-22 Raptor, the premier U.S. fighter, a U.S. intelligence official said. Reuters reports, the expected deployment is years ahead of what the Pentagon thought the date would be. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said last year it would be 2025 before China would have that capability --Now the the estimate is 2018. The F-22 blends speed, super-agility, stealth and sensor fusion into a single package

    May 24, 2010
  • Cybersecurity bill leans on buying power, cyber warrior ranks swell

    May 19, 2010
  • Army Lt. Gen. Jeff Sorenson has been in demand over the last year. He explains why this week. May 20, 2010

    May 18, 2010
  • The Navy strikes a deal to lump together all the fighter jets it plans to purchase over the next several years into a single large buy, in a victory for aerospace giant Boeing. Dr. Jacques Gansler, former undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, explains.

    May 18, 2010
  • Amtower interviews James Lloyd, Program Director for the Veteran-Owned/Service Disabled Program at the US Army Office of Small Business Programs. May 17, 2010

    May 17, 2010
  • GPS glitch hit some military systems in January.

    May 17, 2010
  • Over a year ago, the U.S. Army, and other branches of the military, were experimenting with the use of the virtual worlds social media site \"Second Life\" as a recruitment tool. Since that time, the military has branched out into using virtual worlds technology as a tool for collaboration. Now, civilian branches of government are looking to do the same thing. Federal News Radio\'s Max Cacas has our exclusive coverage of the Third annual Federal Consortium for Virtual Worlds Conference, which concludes today at the National Defense University here in D.C..

    May 14, 2010
  • How would the military carry on in the event that an enemy manages to meltdown the DoD\'s digital information infrastructure? We get thoughts from Air Force Major General Kevin Kennedy, Director for Joint Capability Development (J8), U.S. Joint Forces Command.

    May 13, 2010
  • CyberPatriot combines online education and preliminary competition rounds delivered over the internet, proceeding to in-person finals held in conjunction with AFA National Symposia. We get details from Northrop Grumman\'s Diane Miller and the Air Force Association\'s David Buckwalter.

    May 13, 2010
  • Cybersecurity Update – Tune in weekdays at 30 minutes past the hour for the latest cybersecurity news on The Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Jane Norris (6-10 a.m.) and The Daily Debrief with Chris…

    May 13, 2010
  • DoD Cyber Commander confirmed, Safari bug found

    May 11, 2010
  • On April 14, Army Secretary John M. McHugh personally awarded Medical Communications for Combat Casualty Care (MC4) Program Management and Business Transformation Director William H. Weed with the Decoration for Exceptional Civilian Service (DECS) Award during a ceremony at the Pentagon. The DECS, comparable to the military\'s Distinguished Service Medal, is the highest award granted by the Secretary of the Army to Army civilian personnel. Weed tells us about what he did that was so special.

    May 07, 2010
  • Dell CEO calls for collaborative effort to secure the Internet, USAF unveils Cyberspace Badge

    May 05, 2010

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