Defense
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Raytheon Company\'s Standard Missile-3 block one-A completed its 19th intercept during a flight test at the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii. This was the first flight test of a SM-3 Block one-A against an intermediate range ballistic missile and the first launch-on-remote engagement of a ballistic missile target. SM-3\'s interception of the target signifies a major milestone in the first phase of the current administration\'s Phased Adaptive Approach for missile defense in Europe.
April 13, 2011 -
Nearly a year after President Barack Obama fired Gen. Stanley McChrystal as his top commander in Afghanistan, the White House has asked him to head a new advisory board to support military families. But not the gay ones.
April 13, 2011 -
A big plan to alleviate predicted traffic congestion around Alexandria\'s new Mark Center hit a major roadblock.
April 13, 2011 -
Gene Procknow is Managing Director of US Federal Government Services at Deloitte. His company works with a number of agencies, and he joins me with tips on what you can do no matter what happens with your bottom line.
April 12, 2011 -
When it comes to using the cloud, Defense Department chief information officer Teri Takai says a private cloud will help her department achieve the highest level of security. But she didn’t rule out using commercial cloud services completely. During a House Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities hearing last week, NextGov reports Takai [...]
April 12, 2011 -
John Thomas, Senior Vice President and Chief Systems Engineer at Booz Allen Hamilton, describes the company\'s training partnership with DAU.
April 12, 2011 -
For the first time, the Office of Naval Research has proven that its laser can operate at sea.
April 12, 2011 -
After a decade at war, the Army must transform itself to better face the challenges of the future, the general taking the helm of America\'s ground force said Monday, telling soldiers he will lay out a plan for the future in two months.
April 12, 2011 -
More details are emerging about the $38 billion dollar deal lawmakers say they reached to keep the government from shutting down. Some cuts were made by pruning money left over from previous years. More than half of the cuts affect education, labor and health programs. A vote in the House is expected as early as Wednesday and the Senate must pass it by Friday to prevent a shutdown.
April 12, 2011 -
DOD\'s Tricare Management Activity is not only one of the world\'s biggest health care providers. It is also a big acquisition organization. We learn more from TMA\'s Michael Fischetti.
April 12, 2011 -
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), who led a Senate Intelligence Committee review of cybersecurity policy last year, said he is hopeful that Congress will be able to pass an overhaul of cyber laws this year. Whitehouse has been critical of the pace at which the Obama Administration has moved to propose such changes to lawmakers.
April 11, 2011 -
Given the nonperformance of Congress, federal workers better learn to live with furlough threats. So whether we dodge the bullet or not this time, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey has a checklist you should clip and save...for the next time.
April 11, 2011 -
Reducing traffic at Fort Meade relies on telework.
April 11, 2011 -
In a memo outlining DOD plans for dealing with the threatened government shutdown, Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn explains who gets paid and when.
April 08, 2011 -
Not everything will remain normal for veterans seeking help.
April 08, 2011