Defense
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The Defense Department program meant to help service members transition to civilian life needs to improve, and Congress wants more accountability.
May 19, 2023 -
The Navy hopes to make dramatic improvements for all of its users within the Pentagon by midway through next month. Similar fixes are on the way for the rest of the service, but may prove more difficult.
May 19, 2023 -
The Air Force is updating its strategy for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance to include more sensors and more digital infrastructure.
May 18, 2023 -
The Air Force was among the earliest agencies to organize around the need for innovation. Its approach, known as AFWERX, got started back in 2017 and became a model for many other agencies.
May 18, 2023 -
The Pentagon wants to expand use of commercial products to speed up acquisition, but it wants more transparency in pricing.
May 17, 2023 -
Army camps and bases often feature architecture worth preserving. One example is Camp Dodge, an Army National Guard training facility in Iowa. Its construction and facilities management staff won a Pentagon award earlier this year for restoration of its 1907 gate house and perimeter fence.
May 16, 2023 -
A wearable device developed by DoD’s Defense Innovation Unit uses artificial intelligence to detect signs of COVID and other infections.
May 15, 2023 -
EP Mathew, the DIA deputy chief information officer, said the first software factory available for use by the Five Eyes will help ensure data interoperability.
May 15, 2023 -
If the U.S. is to prevail in the world's strategic hot spots, the Defense Department will have to adopt some of the strategies China seems to be using successfully.
May 15, 2023 -
In today's Federal Newscast: Fort Benning gets renamed. The members of the federal security cloud advisory committee have been made public. The Pandemic Relief Accountability Committee uncovers more dead people got paid COVID cash.
May 15, 2023 -
The Defense Acquisition University seeks to prepare future contract officers for new challenges as it increases its course offerings and expands ways to learn.
May 12, 2023 -
In today's episode, Michael Binder interviews Robert Storch, who has been inspector general of the Department of Defense since December 2022.
May 12, 2023 -
The Defense Logistics Agency has rolled out its cloud-based Warehouse Management System to 12 sites so far and will reach 70 by the end of fiscal 2023.
May 11, 2023 -
A recent Senate Armed Services subcommittee hearing raised questions of integrity and the so-called revolving door between industry and the Defense Department. The Project on Government Oversight (POGO) was among the witnesses, saying there's too much industrial influence on Pentagon decisions coming from former officers and high-level civilians.
May 11, 2023 -
Supply-chain cybersecurity might seem like and abstraction, until you are, say, NASA, and building new ground stations to support the multi-billion-dollar Artemis-to-Mars program.
May 11, 2023
