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The Defense Department says it doesn't favor adding its workforce to OPM's new special salary rate for IT and cyber employees, largely for cost reasons. But it does want to expand its own special pay system known as the Cyber Excepted Service.
Space Force uses an acquisition formula that allows for satellite deliveries in a two-year time frame with increasing numbers in each delivery.
Carlen Capenos, the director of small business programs for the Defense Information Systems Agency, said a June 13 webinar will help small businesses understand what it takes to get a facility clearance.
DoD introduced a new plan to modernize records keeping and make it more accessible as agencies move away from paper records.
Photochemical scientists from Bowling Green State University in Ohio, together with an R & D company, have developed — for the Defense Department — lenses that go from light-to-dark and dark-to light, in the blink of an eye.
Lauren Knausenberger, the outgoing chief information officer of the Air Force, said if requested funding for fiscal 2024 comes through as hoped for, several transformation initiatives will get a much needed boost.
The Defense Department program meant to help service members transition to civilian life needs to improve, and Congress wants more accountability.
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.
The Air Force is updating its strategy for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance to include more sensors and more digital infrastructure.
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.
The Pentagon wants to expand use of commercial products to speed up acquisition, but it wants more transparency in pricing.
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.
A wearable device developed by DoD’s Defense Innovation Unit uses artificial intelligence to detect signs of COVID and other infections.
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.