Defense
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DoD researchers are trying to figure out a way to build big weapons systems in two years instead of 10, by following the lead of the IT industry. DARPA plans to test the concept with the Marine Corps, fulfilling their need for an amphibious combat vehicle.
December 12, 2011 -
The service will reissue two major pieces of the draft RFP for comment. The Navy said it will not release the final RFP before the end of January.
December 09, 2011 -
Terry Halvorsen, the chief information officer at the Navy, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss the Navy\'s efforts to attract small-business IT contractors.
December 09, 2011 -
The Defense Manpower Data Center has a number of responsibilities with respect to DoD. Mary Dixon, the director of the DMDC joined Jared Serbu for an interview on Federal News Radio\'s weekly defense program, On DoD.
December 09, 2011 -
The faceoff between the Navy Midshipmen and the Army Black Knights is almost here, and the pre-game anticipation has already spread to Twitter.
December 09, 2011 -
The military\'s health care program says a letter from SAIC about the breach is legit
December 09, 2011 -
GAO says that DCAA should come up with a plan that would allow them to have access to Defense companies\' audits.
December 09, 2011 -
The brunt of the Army\'s plan to cut 8,700 positions by October 2012 will take place within the Installation Management Command, Army Materiel Command, and Training and Doctrine Command.
December 09, 2011 -
The Air Force, already facing a $1.2 billion budget cut from its IT portfolio, is looking at how to cut another billion. The service is looking to application rationalization and other efficiencies to meet its targets.
December 09, 2011 -
Rear Adm. Phillip Cullom joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss the new step in the Navy\'s green energy efforts at sea.
December 08, 2011 -
One change is in the Army War College\'s Information Operations handbook. Dennis Murphy, a professor of Information Operations and Information in Warfare at the Army War College Center for Strategic Leadership, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss the new cyber curriculum.
December 08, 2011 -
A published report says the remains of many more troops have been dumped in a Virginia landfill than the military originally acknowledged.
December 08, 2011 -
Government Accountability Office reports that the National Guard is facing difficulties in keeping people with the know-how for dealing with emergencies.
December 08, 2011 -
In a move toward clarity, the Pentagon Federal Credit Union is testing an easier to understand credit card agreement designed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
December 08, 2011 -
After the passage of the 1986 Goldwater-Nichols Act, the Pentagon stopped fighting the Congressional push for the military services to come together. Instead, it innovated joint operations beyond the wildest hopes of reformers in Congress. Can that model be exported to the rest of the federal government?
December 08, 2011