National & World Headlines
-
Both Raytheon and Northrop claim part of an Army Forces Command contract to support military operational and training needs.
March 29, 2011 -
Defense Department spending data submitted to Recovery.gov contained $1.7 billion in errors.
March 29, 2011 -
Ashton Carter, the Defense Department\'s undersecretary for acquisitions, said the Pentagon can buy things quickly when it truly needs to. But when it comes to supporting overseas contingency operations, he said the country needs a dedicated, permanent \"fast lane\" that leapfrogs DoD\'s notoriously slow methods of buying goods and services.
March 29, 2011 -
The Pentagon wants servicemen and women to use their own smartphones to develop apps and access the military\'s networks. Senior officials as early as next month will approve the technical standards for devices that run the Apple and Google operating systems.
March 29, 2011 -
If you want to do business with the federal government, you have to follow the rules. In theory, those rules are designed to make sure agencies, and in turn, taxpayers, get the best for their…
March 28, 2011 -
BAE Systems is relocating its submarine propulsion production from Minneapolis to Louisville.
March 28, 2011 -
Federal News Radio spoke with the FBI and the Army about their various uses of cloud this week. Listen to the interviews by clicking the links below. Part 2: Fulgham says secure mobility will change the FBI In a two-part interview with agency chief information officer Chad Fulgham, Federal News Radio talks about the various [...]
March 26, 2011 -
The contract is for a new intelligence-gathering plane.
March 25, 2011 -
Finding an answer to altitude sickness may be a matter of life or death for troops.
March 25, 2011 -
The National Research Council says that a rise in sea levels of about three feet could jeopardize $100 billion worth of Navy installations.
March 24, 2011 -
A program designed to help severely wounded veterans get life-long care isn\'t working the way it should.
March 24, 2011 -
Revised boundries for the Walter Reed campus have been announced.
March 24, 2011 -
Retired General Howie Chandler, the former Air Force Vice Chief of Staff, talks with Federal News Radio about Libya, the so-called Arab Spring, and the outcome of the Tanker Refueling contract.
March 24, 2011 -
David Dowd, Partner at Mayer Brown LLP, discusses the new competition requirements agencies must follow when placing orders exceeding $150,000. March 22, 2011
March 23, 2011 -
A new call center, staffed by professionals trained to handle grieving callers, is among the first technology upgrades the Army has made in the aftermath of a management scandal at Arlington National Cemetery last year. Phase two will involve tackling the massive challenge of digitizing the cemetery\'s paper records.
March 23, 2011