Navy
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The Navy is celebrating the 78th anniversary of Naval Air Force Atlantic. 78 happens to be the hull number of the Navy's newest aircraft carrier, the U.S.S. Gerald R. Ford.
January 05, 2021 -
The Pentagon needs to focus on software, culture and placing bets on nontraditional companies, experts say.
January 01, 2021 -
The Navy crushed its retention goals for 2020, most likely because of COVID-19.
December 30, 2020 -
The court decision likely paves the way for the Navy to transition to the new NGEN contract, though Perspecta may still take its case to an appellate court.
December 18, 2020 -
The Navy is becoming ever more digital as information warfare, cybersecurity, and command and control become data driven activities.
December 18, 2020 -
The Navy is using the commercially-developed concept of reliability control boards, plus data analytics and artificial intelligence to help determine the root causes of its aviation readiness challenges.
December 17, 2020 -
With some details, Todd Harrison, senior fellow and director of defense budget analysis at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
December 14, 2020 -
The House-Senate compromise on this year's NDAA eliminates the DoD chief management officer without offering an explanation, and punting to a future secretary of Defense on business reform issues.
December 07, 2020 -
Health care workers and strategic troops will get the shot first, but distribution is still weeks away.
December 02, 2020 -
An old, old danger still rears up, especially at this time of year
December 02, 2020 -
The Joint Artificial Intelligence Center is joining forces with the Defense Innovation Unit to tackle cancer by bringing together AI, digital imaging, and a unique piece of equipment.
December 02, 2020 -
Moving ships and submarines from point A to point B requires a careful ballet of many interconnected systems. Behind those systems are engineers.
November 20, 2020 -
In one sense the big carrier relies on its nuclear power plant. But it's the sailors that really make it go.
November 20, 2020 -
Navy gives reporters a tour of latest carrier, still in a long tune-up stage for deployment.
November 19, 2020 -
The Navy was a relative latecomer to other transaction agreements, but the service's usage of OTAs in the IT space has surged, and the service is moving prototypes to real-world capabilities.
November 19, 2020