Defense

  • Italy\'s air force, is planning to increase its role in operations in Libya. Italy\'s President decided on Monday that its air force will be allowed to bomb selected military targets in Libya. A statement from Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi\'s office said he had informed U.S. President Barack Obama in a telephone conversation of the government\'s decision and that he would call other European leaders to tell them personally as well.

    May 03, 2011
  • Defense intelligence community members and industry peers have come together for knowledge sharing, training and discussion of current and future information technology (IT) challenges and requirements. We get details from Booz Allen\'s Mike McConnell, the former Director of National Intelligence.

    May 03, 2011
  • The U.S. Joint Forces Command, which will be formally disestablished later this year as part of Defense Secretary Robert Gates\' efficiency initiative, had several of its functions transferred to other DoD components on Tuesday. The Pentagon said the realignment would preserve critical capabilities and place them in other branches of the department\'s organizational chart.

    May 03, 2011
  • Federal News Radio\'s Executive Editor Jason Miller joins host Mark Amtower for a wide-ranging discussion of how the nation\'s cybersecurity efforts have changed over the years. May 2, 2011 (Encore presentation May 9, 2011)

    May 02, 2011
  • The 2011 budget is re-energizing Navy ship building. The service will spend more than a billion dollars to build a new submarine.

    May 02, 2011
  • The Deputy commander of Navy Fleet cyber command Rear Admiral Bill Leigher explains the significance of this realignment.

    May 02, 2011
  • Information sharing has come a long way since Sept. 11, 2001. This interagency collaboration will be key to military successes, especially as the Defense Department prepares for massive spending cuts.

    May 02, 2011
  • Jim McAleese is a defense contracting expert and founder of McAleese and Associates. He talked with Federal News Radio about how bin Laden has affected our national debt and how his death is being received by government defense contractors.

    May 02, 2011
  • The Army will open its next Apps for Army challenge to industry and the public, officials said Friday. The process is focused on developing capabilities that are not dependent on any particular platform.

    May 02, 2011
  • Don\'t let the paperwork scare you off.

    May 02, 2011
  • Navy Hospital Corpsman 1st Class James Williams is nearing the end of his predeployment training, but for him and his pregnant wife, that means time is running out to make some important family arrangements.

    May 01, 2011
  • The Army is working on another \"Apps for the Army\" content, this time opening it up to the public and industry.

    April 29, 2011
  • To give insight on what military bloggers can and can\'t do is milblogger and retired Senior Master Sergeant Rex Temple of the Air Force.

    April 29, 2011
  • Thirteen lawmakers sent a letter to DoD urging greater efforts to eliminate improper payments.

    April 29, 2011